On May 27, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived in Nice, where he held negotiations with business partners. He then traveled to Brussels to discuss prospects for development of the Kirsan Foundation.

Incidentally, shortly before the departure from Moscow, FIDE president met with his countrymen farmers from Kalmykia Mikhail Kokaev, Tseren Beltrikov and Ivan Arzaev at the Lotte Plaza hotel.