Russia's Policy Toward the Caspian Sea Region and Relations with Iran

Author(s): Arbakhan Magomedov
Editor(s): Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 6
Pages: 16-18
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2006

Following a break in the 1990s, Russia has put renewed emphasis on its relations toward the Caspian region, paying special attention to Iran. The opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in 2006 was a major blow to Russia's dominance in the Caspian as it broke the previous Russian monopoly on transporting energy. Russia is responding by expanding its military presence in the Caspian and working with Iran on preliminary plans to establish a Natural Gas OPEC.

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