Russia is trying to find new ways to export its raw materials and purchase goods, mainly high-tech. One of them should be the ...

Both Iran and Russia are attempting to assert influence in the Caspian Sea region, but their recent miscalculations are ...

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Azerbaijan has bought oil and natural gas from Russia to meet internal demand while exporting its own energy riches to the ...

Azerbaijan has been pushing back against Russian dominance in the Caucasus region, seeking closer ties with Turkey and Israel ...

Russia plans to boost grain and vegetable oil exports to Iran through the Caspian Sea, aided by a larger harvest and lifted ...

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There is a mystique to the craft's design, owing largely to predecessors such as the more than 300ft long, Soviet Union-built ...

As tensions rise in the Caspian region, Kazakhstan’s nonproliferation legacy and multi-vector diplomacy uniquely position it to mediate with Iran and maintain regional stability amid nuclear and ...

Kozybakov did not like it. It was salty and “smelled like the sea”, said Kozybakov, an ecologist, now 51. He grew up in Aktau, a city in western Kazakhstan on the shores of the Caspian Sea.