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Critical Water Shortage in Crimea May Prompt New Russian Move Against Ukraine
January 26th, 2022
Via Jamestown Monitor, a slightly dated but currently relevant, look at how a critical water shortage in Crimea may partially be behind Russia’s moves against Ukraine: The Crimean Peninsula has long suffered from water shortages, but these are now often exacerbated by the ever-more frequent winters with little-to-no rain or snow. In the last several months, under Russian […]
Read more »Kazakhstan Ratifies Protocol on Caspian Sea
November 1st, 2021
Via The Frontier Post, an article on the Caspian Sea: The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, signed a law on the ratification of the protocol on the protection of the Caspian from pollution from land sources and as a result of activities carried out on land to the Framework Convention for the Protection of the […]
Read more »The Soviet Water Legacy in Central Asia
September 4th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, a look at the complex Soviet legacy in Central Asia’s water and energy infrastructure: The Soviet water and energy legacy has been a painful issue for the countries of Central Asia for a long time. But the dynamics of relations between the countries of the region in the last five years demonstrate […]
Read more »Crimea ‘Water War’ Opens New Front in Russia-Ukraine Conflict
July 29th, 2021
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on how Moscow’s struggle to supply water to a Crimean peninsula annexed in 2014 has become latest flashpoint: When a cyclone drenched Crimea in rainfall last month, rivers burst their banks and thousands of people in the Russia-annexed peninsula had to be evacuated from the floods. The silver lining […]
Read more »Russia Under Pressure as Thousands in Crimea Ration Water
April 19th, 2021
Via Circle of Blue, a report on increasing water pressure on Russia as it pertains to Crimea: Moscow is under increased pressure as thousands in Crimea have been rationing water for months due to a Ukrainian water blockade. In the Russian-annexed territory of Crimea, most citizens are only allowed water for three hours in the […]
Read more »As The Ural River Disappears, A Crisis Looms For Eurasia
January 27th, 2021
Via Third Pole, an article on how – despite some conservation efforts and regional cooperation – the Ural river is rapidly shrinking, threatening the water security of Kazakhstan and the wider region: The Ural river, which originates in Russia’s Ural Mountains and flows through modern-day Russia and Kazakhstan into the Caspian Sea, has been a […]
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