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Jambalsuren Baterdene has a degree in film directing but rather than creating fiction stories he is into true action. In mid 1990s he joined the security service of the Mongolian government and spent ten years guarding top politicians. After „retirement“, Bat-erdene joined Czech security agency SMI, gained degree in law, recorded a pop-hit, and since 2007 he has been working for the government again. He is with the Department of Emergency Management, responsible for handling calamities of all sorts.
Mongolian government and Ivanhoe Mines – the never-ending negotiations between the two have filled the pages of Mongolian newspapers for so long that most of us tend to skip the related articles with a yawn. We have seen too many bold titles announcing agreement and too many equally bold articles informing about yet another dissmisal. But Ivanhoe Mines has a lawyer of Czech desent who occassionally visits the Czech Bohemia Restaurant. And so we used the opportunity and asked a few questions. If you care for a sum-up by an insider or if you are interested in the whereabouts of an interesting member of the UB expat community whose grandfather once designed the weirs next to the Prague Charles Bridge, read on:
Recorded by: LKK
You like to say nice things about Brigitte Cummings because she represents the sunny side of Ulaanbaatar. She runs a small but renown Sachers Cafe, close to the central square, and she is the person who makes people meet. I was only happy to listen to her story of settling down in UB:
Recorded by LKK
