Moscow. Russian participants Dmitry Ivleyev and Mikhail Filatov, members of the NISSAN FRONTIER team, ride a Smg Ors car Silk Way-2016 Rally on Kremlyovskaya Embankment.08.07.2016#2889250
Crew of GEELY BOYUE HANWEY SMG Team Jean Pierre Garcin, France, and Wee Han, China, on their Smg Ors car on the track of Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vasilevsky slope in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889240
Pilot Dmitry Sotnokov's crew of KAMAZ MASTER team at the track of Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vasilevsky slope in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889234
MAMMOET RALLEY SPORT team's RENAULT K520 car at the track of Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vasilevsky slope in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889233
A Mini All4 Racing car at the track of Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vasilevsky slope in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889228
A car participating in Silk Way-2016 Rally trying to drive out from Vasilevsky slope to the Kremlin Embankment, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889224
Crew of CODIKARS Team, France, on their Proto Racing Buggy car on the track of Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vasilevsky slope in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889217
Pilots of GEELY BOYUE HANWEY SMG Team Jean Pierre Garcin, France, and Wee Han, China, on their Smg Ors car at the ceremonial start of Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vasilevsky slope in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889203
Pilots of ASTANA Motosport team Anton Nikolaev, Russia, and Aidyn Rakhimbaev, Kazakhstan, on their Mini All4 Racing car at the ceremonial start of Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vasilevsky slope in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889195
Pilot Anton Shibalov of KAMAZ MASTER at the 2016 Silk Way Rally start ceremony on St. Basil's Square in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889189
Gazprom Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) Alexei Miller (center), President of the rally and Dakar seven-time winner Vladimir Chagin (second right), and pilots of the MAZ-SPORT Auto team (Belarus) Andrei Zhikhulin (second left), Pavel Khanarin (third left) and Sergei Vyasovich (right) at the ceremony of launching the Silk Way Rally-2016 on Moscow's Vassilevsky Spusk.08.07.2016#2889168
Crew of KAMAZ MASTER team Dmitry Sotnokov, Ruslan Akhmadeev and Ivan Romanov during the ceremonial start of Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vasilevsky slope in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889163
Gazprom Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) Alexei Miller (second left), President of the Rally and Dakar seven-time winner Vladimir Chagin (fourth right), and KAMAZ MASTER pilots Dmitry Sotnikov (third right), Ruslan Akhmadeyev (left) and Ivan Romanov (third left) at the ceremony of launching the Silk Way Rally-2016 on Moscow's Vassilevsky Spusk.08.07.2016#2889162
A Peugeot 2008 Dkr car during the ceremonial start of Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vasilevsky slope in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889158
Peugeot 2008 Dkr car of Sebastien Loeb, the nine-times Rally World Champion, silver medal winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, two-time winner of the Race of Champions, during the ceremonial start of Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vasilevsky slope in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889157
Gazprom Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) Alexei Miller, President of the rally and Dakar seven-time winner Vladimir Chagin and nine-time world rally winner and silver medalist of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Sebastien Loeb (from left to right) at the ceremony of launching the Silk Way Rally-2016 on Moscow's Vassilevsky Spusk.08.07.2016#2889147
Sebastien Loeb, the nine-times Rally World Champion, silver medal winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, two-time winner of the Race of Champions, during the ceremonial start of Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vasilevsky slope in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889143
Russian crew of G-Energy Team (Vladimir Vasilyev and Konstantin Zhiltsov) riding Mini All4 Racing, at the 2016 Silk Way Rally start ceremony on St. Basil's Square in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889132
Russian crew of G-Energy Team (Vladimir Vasilyev and Konstantin Zhiltsov) riding Mini All4 Racing, at the 2016 Silk Way Rally start ceremony on St. Basil's Square in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889131
Russian crew of G-Energy Team (Vladimir Vasilyev and Konstantin Zhiltsov) riding Mini All4 Racing, at the 2016 Silk Way Rally start ceremony on St. Basil's Square in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889129
French crew, Stephane Peterhansel and Jean Paul Cottret driving a Peugeot 2008 Dkr, at the 2016 Silk Way Rally start ceremony on St. Basil's Square in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889123
Vladimir Chagin, President of the Silk Way Rally and seven-time winner of the Dakar Rally, left, Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller and the French crew No. 100 at the 2016 Silk Way Rally start ceremony on St. Basil's Square in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889117
Pilot of the Russian VEB Racing team Anastasia Nifontova and Gazprom Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) Alexei Miller before the start of the Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vassilevsky Pusk in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889105
Pilot of the Russian VEB Racing team Anastasia Nifontova and Gazprom Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) Alexei Miller (third right) before the start of the Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vassilevsky Pusk in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889104
Gazprom Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) Alexei Miller (second right) before the start of the Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vassilevsky Pusk in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889103
Russian pilots Vladimir Vasilyev and konstantin Zhiltsov (center) before the start of the Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vassilevsky Spusk in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889097
Reflection of St Basil's Cathedral in a car windscreen before the start of the Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vassilevsky Pusk in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889093
Moscow. Russian participants Yevgeny Firsov and Vadim Filatov ride a TOYOTA Pickur Trasc car during the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Incline.08.07.2016#2889090
German-Swiss crew of the MAN truck before the start of the Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vassilevsky Pusk in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889085
Crews before the start of the 2016 Silk Way Rally-2016 on Vassilevsky Spusk in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889083
Crews before the start of the 2016 Silk Way Rally-2016 on Vassilevsky Spusk in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889081
A team involved in the 2016 Silk Road Rally prepares to kick off from Moscow's Vasilyevsky Incline.08.07.2016#2889079
Crews prior to the kick-off of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889075
Russia crew of the G-Energy Team -- Vladimir Vasilyev and Konstantin Zhiltsov -- in the car Mini All4 Racing before the start of the Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vassilevsky Pusk in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889069
President of the Rally Vladimir Chagin, left, seven time Dakar winner, and Alexei Miller, Chairman of the Management Board, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gazprom, during the kick-off ceremony of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889065
President of the Rally Vladimir Chagin, right, seven time Dakar winner, and Alexei Miller, Chairman of the Management Board, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gazprom, during the kick-off ceremony of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889063
President of the Rally Vladimir Chagin, right, seven time Dakar winner, and Alexei Miller, Chairman of the Management Board, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gazprom, during the kick-off ceremony of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889061
President of the Rally Vladimir Chagin, left, seven time Dakar winner, and Alexei Miller, Chairman of the Management Board, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gazprom, during the kick-off ceremony of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889058
Russian crew of the G-Energy Team -- Vladimir Vasilyev and Konstantin Zhiltsov -- in a Mini All4 Racing car before the start of the Silk Way-2016 Rally on Vassilevsky Pusk in Moscow.08.07.2016#2889051
French crew under the number 100 on a Peugeot 2008 Dkr before the start of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Moscow's Vassilevsky Spusk.08.07.2016#2889034
French crew under the number 100 on a Peugeot 2008 Dkr before the start of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Moscow's Vassilevsky Spusk.08.07.2016#2889033
President of the Rally Vladimir Chagin, seven time Dakar winner, during the kick-off ceremony of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889031
Honorary guests at the kick-off ceremony of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889030
A fan during the kick-off ceremony of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889022
President of the Rally Vladimir Chagin, seven time Dakar winner, during the kick-off ceremony of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889015
Russian Deputy Minister of Sport Yury Nagornykh, left, and President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov during the start of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889013
President of the Rally Vladimir Chagin, left, seven time Dakar winner, and Nikolai Gulyaev, deputy head, Moscow's Department of Fitness and Sport, at the presentation of the "Silk Way Rally Moscow Beijing" project during the kick-off ceremony of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889011
Russian Deputy Minister of Sport Yury Nagornykh, center, during the kick-off ceremony of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889010
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov during the start of the 2016 Silk Way Rally on Vasilyevsky Spusk, Moscow.08.07.2016#2889009
