The decline in the water level of the Caspian Sea is now increasing so fast that Russian experts now say that it will soon threaten the ability of littoral states to make use of it for economic development or military purposes. Their acknowledgements represent a turnabout and follow a statement by Vladimir Putin at the end of August.

At that time, the Kremlin leader expressed concern about the decline in the water levels of the Caspian and the impact of that development on the region and urged all littorals states to work together to slow or reverse that trend........

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