OREANDA-NEWS. January 19, 2009. Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, congratulated the KAMAZ-master team (Firdaus Kabirov’s, Vladimir Chaguin’s and Ilghizar Mardeev’s crews) on the victory at the Dakar-2009 international off-road rally-raid which had come to a close in South America.

He thanked the head, racers, navigators, mechanics and all members of the team for an opportunity they gave their fans to see another victory of the Russian sport. In President’s opinion, KAMAZ vehicles again displayed high reliability and endurance. Dmitry Medvedev wished the team good luck and new victories.