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 ...

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

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

Russia’s major infrastructure and trade ambitions with Iran, including the vital North-South Transport Corridor and Caspian ...

A rift has developed between Russia and Azerbaijan, which have had long political, economic and cultural ties.

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

An Iranian firm aims to acquire full ownership of a crucial terminal at Astrakhan’s Caspian Sea port, essential for grain ...

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.