The most difficult stretch was between Krasnoyarsk and Chita in east Siberia, because the cold froze the highway, racers said. But the vehicles endured Russian roads well and didn't suffer any major failures. The new makes of the cars bear names of ancient Russian princes - Svyatogor, Yury Dolgoruky, Ivan Kalita, and Knyaz Vladimir. A local resident was found with his head staved in in the woods not far from town. The man, who had used his Toyota Sprinter as a taxi, had disappeared March 16.
Investigation is underway.
The men broke into office and forced the businessman to give them cash at gunpoint. Police are searching for the culprits. Police investigate killing Police are looking into a slaying that occurred in the building that houses the head of the region's criminal police service, Viktor Gavrilov. The killer was visiting his victim, identified only as Konstantin, when he fired three shots at his host and left. The victim's mother ran into the kitchen and found her son dead in a pool of blood.