MONGOLIA - RUSSIA Ulan Bator, the capital of all Mongols
With the mobilisation for the war in Ukraine, several thousand Buriati - ethnic Mongols living within Russia's borders - moved to Ulan Bator. But in recent decades, the capital has changed a lot, turning over a new leaf from its Soviet heritage. And despite their historical and cultural affinity, the Rlokanty are finding it hard to settle in a world very different from the one they were used to living in.