By Artem Zagorodnov In 2010, following a string of terrorist attacks in the volatile North Caucasus, Russia’s government announced a $15bn programme to turn the region into a tourism mecca. Fifteen ...

There's some confusion around the Caspian Sea, namely, is it actually a sea? Don't we usually call fully enclosed bodies of water, lakes? Hopefully this clears things up a little. President Donald ...

Camels stroll across oil fields (Picture: Getty Images) Our trip starts on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea at Aktau, which was built in 1963 as a uranium-mining town. The oldest building is ...

Water levels in the Caspian Sea - which is bordered by Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan - are falling as rising temperatures mean more water is evaporating than flowing in.

If climate change mitigation efforts enable global temperatures to rise only 2 degrees Celsius, it’s likely that the water levels in the Caspian Sea will still drop by 16 feet to 32 feet. However, if ...

Urgent action is needed to protect endangered species, human health and industry from the impacts of the Caspian Sea shrinking, research has found. Urgent action is needed to protect endangered ...

The meeting focused on the determination of the maritime borderline, the delimitation of fishing zones, the drawing of the baseline, the delimitation of the seabed and subsoil of the Caspian Sea, and ...

The Caspian Sea, wedged in between Europe and Asia, is the world's largest inland body of water. It spans 371,000 square kilometres , but has shrunk in recent decades due to hotter temperatures ...

In Anapa — a resort town on the Black Sea — people also blocked the streets ... Wind and water erosion is a serious problem in the steppe south of Ukraine, part of the wider Black Sea-Caspian steppe ...

is a seventy year old north-south transport route involving the landlocked Caspian Sea which has experienced a large increase in traffic as Russia suffered increasing economic sanctions over the last ...

a deep-sea port in Anaklia would help develop the country as a regional transport hub.Credit...Justyna Mielnikiewicz for The New York Times Situated in the dilapidated former resort town of ...