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 ...

A Russian BTR-82A armored personnel carrier drives onto the shore during military exercises on the Caspian Sea coast in Daghestan in September 2019.

Nasim Bahr Kish, an Iranian firm that holds a controlling stake in Russia's Astrakhan Port, has submitted an offer to acquire ...

Located between Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea is the world’s largest landlocked body ...

The waters of the Caspian Sea appear deceptively calm. But this sea route – which provides a direct path between Iran and Russia – is increasingly busy with cargo traffic, including suspected ...

Thirty years ago, Russia's supremacy in the Caspian Sea was unquestioned. Even with the independence of new countries with their own navies in the early 1990s, Russia and its Caspian Flotilla had ...

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

Leaders from five countries—Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan—officially signed an agreement to determine the fate of the Caspian Sea, the world's largest body of inland ...

Expedition of Russian Scientists Discover Never-Before-Seen Island in the Caspian Sea Russian scientists have captured a new development in the Caspian Sea. They spotted the findings in the northern ...

Although the ocean covers roughly 71% of Earth’s surface, more than 80% of that ocean has yet to be mapped, explored, or even ...