Russia’s Policy in the Caspian Region: the Present Stage

Abstract

The article considers the evolution of foreign policy of Russia in the Caspian Region at the present stage (1991—2012). It analyzes the changes in the Russian foreign policy approaches to the key problems of the region: international legal status of the Caspian Sea, extraction and transportation of the Caspian hydrocarbon resources, militarization and ecology.

Keywords

• Каспийский регион
• политика России
• международно-правовой статус
• углеводородные ресурсы
• экология
• милитаризация