Guided by U.S. investor-philosopher Jesse Michels, chess magnate and Africaphile Kirsan Ilyumzhinov re-emerges on world stage with Rome-Tirana tour in quiet return to high-level corridors
American thinker Jesse Michels led a quiet diplomatic and spiritual initiative through the Vatican and Albania, marking the public return of former Kalmyk President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, whose separate visit to Mongolia added a personal cultural note to the wider effort.