Trending on X, 10 AM: Delgersaikhan, AI-92 petrol, Oyu Tolgoi payout, garage tax, PGL, Ukraine aid, Bulgaria, Dornod

Below are eight topics Mongolian users discussed on X between 18:00 on November 10 and 10:35 on November 11. The dispute between Roads and Transport Development Minister B. Delgersaikhan and a Chinese investor, AI-92 petrol supplies and a petition on Oyu Tolgoi dividends led the conversation. Topics covered in earlier roundups are repeated only when there is a new development. Engagement figures are as of 10:33.

1. Journalist S. Budragchaa publishes what is described as B. Delgersaikhan's testimony to a Chinese court (new development)

The October 27 roundup covered the Hong Kong court summons naming Roads and Transport Development Minister B. Delgersaikhan; the dispute has now moved a step further. Journalist S. Budragchaa (@budragchaaser) wrote on X that the journalist holds witness testimony said to have been given by Delgersaikhan to the Higher People's Court of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on August 17, 2026. As quoted by Budragchaa, the testimony states that Chinese investor Li Xiaoming is an investor and shareholder in Boldtumur Yeruu Gol LLC and invested in plants, equipment, railcars and 12 locomotives between 2007 and 2015. egov.mn could not independently verify the document.

According to UBn.mn, Li Xiaoming's daughter Li Bo said on Budragchaa's programme that her father's side raised a total of $1.89 billion for the mine and a 129 km railway. Delgersaikhan told Sonin.mn of two wins at arbitration in Beijing and Hong Kong, said money borrowed from Chinese banks never entered Mongolia or the minister's own accounts, said the construction was self-financed, and called the programme defamatory. Some users on X are calling for the minister's dismissal. No court has ruled on the matter, and the parties dispute the claims.

2. AI-92 petrol supplies and the "People's Petrol Station" debate (new development)

UBn.mn published a report following petrol shipments from Sukhbaatar station to a warehouse in Ulaanbaatar. While its reporters were at Sukhbaatar station, a 52-car train arrived carrying diesel in 23 cars and AI-92 petrol in only two. Station chief B. Khorolsuren said 155 cars of AI-92 arrived in the first week of November but actual deliveries still fall short of orders. N. Janchivnyambuu, head of a Shunkhlai LLC fuel depot, said 70% of October's order had been delivered and 30% was still in transit. Meanwhile, UBn.mn reported, citing the economic development ministry of Russia's Zabaikalsky Krai, that Rosneft stations in the region's towns have capped sales at up to 30 litres per vehicle. Russian Ambassador A. Evsikov earlier attributed the shortage to storage and distribution bottlenecks.

The 2 AM roundup on November 10 covered citizen M. Orkhontuul's "People's Petrol Station" fundraiser (https://www.egov.mn/en/article/more-than-6000-people-donate-mnt-109-million-in-six-days-to-peoples-petrol-station-initiative). The organiser's remark to LiveTV.mn that the Russian ambassador, contacted via social media, asked for an official email drew criticism on X. The economics commentator @margadism wrote that fewer than 20 of about 200 licensed fuel importers can actually import, questioned whether an individual could secure an intergovernmental supply deal, and criticised the absence of a law on donations. These are a user's assessments, not official figures.

3. Petition to pay every citizen ₮857,000 from Oyu Tolgoi dividends goes to committee today

According to UBn.mn, citizen Kh. Oyunbileg filed a proposal on the public e-petition system on October 23 to pay every citizen ₮857,000 in cash from Oyu Tolgoi's ₮3 trillion in dividends, and gathered 100,475 signatures in just over 10 days. Parliament's Petitions and Economic standing committees will hold a joint session today to discuss whether to initiate a bill on it. News outlets stress that no decision to pay has been made.

4. Cabinet to submit bill exempting private garages and parking spaces from property tax (new development)

An e-petition to scrap tax on household garages had earlier gathered more than 101,000 signatures. At today's cabinet meeting, the government decided to merge MP A. Ganbaatar's bill with its own draft and submit it to parliament. According to the government, the revised draft fully exempts one privately owned garage or parking space per citizen from immovable property tax.

5. PGL to hold a $1 million Counter-Strike 2 tournament in Ulaanbaatar in April 2027

Esports organiser PGL announced PGL Ulaanbaatar 2027. HLTV.org reported that the event had originally been planned for China and that 16 top Counter-Strike 2 teams will compete for a $1 million prize pool. The main event runs April 17–25, 2027; 14 teams will be invited based on the January 4 rankings and two will qualify through European and Asian qualifiers. Mongolian users welcomed the news on X.

6. 32 US lawmakers press for faster delivery of $400 million in Ukraine aid

According to Kyiv Post and a press release from Congressman Jim Costa, 32 lawmakers from both parties and both chambers wrote on November 9 to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought. They urged faster delivery of $400 million in FY2026 security assistance for Ukraine and asked for an explanation of the late obligation of funds, a delivery schedule and the reason Patriot interceptors were excluded. The Pentagon's plan projects final deliveries through FY2029. Meanwhile, iToim.mn reported that peace talks in Abu Dhabi are continuing.

7. Fog causes pile-ups involving 86 vehicles on a Bulgarian motorway, killing 12

Bulgarian state news agency BTA reported that on the morning of November 10, two pile-ups occurred on both carriageways of the Trakia motorway near the Zimnitsa junction in Yambol Region, involving 86 vehicles in total. The BBC reported that 12 people died and about 50 were taken to hospital, and that Prime Minister Rumen Radev declared November 11 a day of national mourning. Full story: https://www.egov.mn/en/article/fog-driven-pile-ups-involving-86-vehicles-kill-12-on-bulgarian-motorway

8. Steppe fire in Dornod's Khalkhgol district brought under control

GoGo.mn reported that a steppe fire broke out at Vangiin Tsagaan-Uul in Yalalt bag of Khalkhgol district, Dornod Province, about 340 km south-east of the provincial centre. A preliminary estimate puts the burned area at 7,800 hectares, and the fire has been contained. Fires in Khalkhgol district earlier this autumn affected most of the Numrug Strictly Protected Area.

Methodology: We ranked posts from about 200 major news and influential accounts found through X search, plus more than 50 keyword searches, by an engagement score (likes + 2× reposts + views/100), and checked the facts against news sites. Posts that could not be verified or that carried a risk of defamation were left out. Views expressed by individuals on X do not represent the position of egov.mn.