Tatarstan, a crossroads of civilizations, religions, nations and cultures, lies on a geographical cornerstone between Europe and Asia. Heart of the Golden Road in the last millennium, it is now the landmark and centre stage of the new Silk Way. If the Silk Way Rally, one of the worlds top road races and the ultimate training ground for the Dakar rally, has chosen to start in Kazan, it is because Tatarstan symbolises the essence of a journey between two continents, the melting pot of everything that lives around. Tatarstan has also been a key territory for a new monumental civil engineering project: a new international land corridor between Western Europe and Western China. The 21st century Silk Road is under construction. Tatar Prime Minister Roustam Minnikhanov is well aware of the importance of the Corridor and, as one of the top Truck drivers in the World, has lobbied intensively for the rally to start in Kazan; Tatarstan is a republic which produces cars. We have always supported all initiatives that are associated with motor vehicle production and automobile racing. This racing definitely gives a major boost for the investment attractiveness of Tatarstan, it helps to develop its auto industry and to improve contacts between our brotherly countries. Inhabited by a majority of Tatars, mainly Muslims, in this Russian republic a third of the population is ethnic Russian, attending Orthodox churches, often built meters away from Mosques. The ethnic mix is huge. Over the ...
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