What new destiny waits the Caspian Sea? And Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan together with it?

The Caspian Sea and Caspian region become more and more important part of the Russian and international agenda. After the beginning of realization of the Chinese strategic initiative of the new Silk way known also as "A belt and a way", and especially after introduction of the anti-Russian sanctions including restrictions for the Russian merchant marine fleet, value of the Caspian Sea for the Euroasian transit streams sharply grew. The region is a point of intersection of trade routes the East — the West and the North — the South, and in process of economic growth Asia, first of all China and India, its geopolitical value will be only...