The Chaborz M-3, a Russian military buggy that has been used in Syria and Ukraine, will be converted for racing at the 2025 Silk Way Rally. 2014 WEC LMP2 champion Sergey Zlobin recently tested the car.
Turkmenistan, one of the most closed countries in the world, will try their hand at hosting another rally raid in September in partnership with Russia's Silk Way Rally.
A project by Bellingcat, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and The Insider found the Silk Way Rally under race director Bulat Yanborisov has been used to push Russia's foreign affairs and GRU's assassination efforts.