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IRKUTSKAVTODOR, Russia, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A street cleaning company in a Russian city said an official will be fired because of a video of his workers racing tractors that appeared on YouTube.
The video features two tractors drift racing, a type of racing involving sideways steering, at night in front of the Trud sports venue in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday.
Radik Farazutdinov, head of street cleaning company Irkutskavtodor, said the drivers involved were disciplined and the chief of the unit was fired. He declined to name any of the employees.
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