On January 17, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated KAMAZ Automaker management and members of KAMAZ-Master team on winning the Dakar-2015 rally.

Minnikhanov send a telegram to Director General of KAMAZ Automaker Sergey Kogogin, KAMAZ-Mater team captain Vladimir Chagin and all members of the team.

“I am sincerely glad to welcome you all on the occasion of the next high achievement of the KAMAZ-Master team – brilliant victory in the Dakar-2015 rally. I thank all athletes, managers and specialists, the team and KAMAZ Automaker management for your unity, highly professional and well-coordinated work, brilliant result and the opportunity to be proud of our republic, our country.

I especially thank winners of these prestigious competitions - the crews of Ayrat Mardeev, Eduard Nikolaev and Andrey Karginov.

I am sure that the team will have a lot of victories in the future and from the bottom of my heart I wish you good luck in sports, health and strength to achieve all your goals. You are the best, I wish you new victories!

President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. "