MOSCOW, 28 Sep, Andrey Simonenko. The decision that the Russian team «KAMAZ -master» will not take part in the Dakar rally-2023, the final negotiations with the organizers have been completed, team leader Vladimir Chagin said. On Wednesday, KAMAZ-master announced that he would not take part in the Dakar rally, since participation in race due to the requirement of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) to sign a document condemning the special military operation in Ukraine. The team said that it considers it impossible for itself to sign such documents of a political nature and participate in competitions on such conditions. «This is already done, so we published a release. The negotiation stage (with the organizers of the Dakar») is completed, there are no further options. This year, the team of the KAMAZ-master team turned 34 years old, and, unfortunately, for more than 30 years of history, we are forced to refuse to participate in the Dakar, Chagin said. The Dakar will be held from December 31, 2022 to 15 January 2023 in Saudi Arabia.
