There are two days left untill the start of the Russian analogue of the famous rally “Dakar”, motor rally “Silk road”. The race is going to start on the 8th of July on the Red Square in Moscow and finish in Peking on the 24th of July. According to the providers’ information the teams from 39 countries are going to toe the starting line. 92 off-road vehicles and 24 trucks are going to pass from Moscow to Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny, reach Ufa and go across the border to Astana and Almaty in order to cross the Gobi desert thereafter and finish at the center of Peking on the 24 of July. The rally is going to start on the Red Square in Moscow but the participants will first have a trip to the Olympic complex “Luzhniki” to pass administrative checks and briefings on the 7th and 8th of July.