Russia Warns About War Spillover Into Caspian Sea -- WSJ

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By Alexander Osipovich

Russia would view the potential widening of the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran into the Caspian Sea "extremely negatively," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.

The comments came a day after a call between the top diplomats of Russia and Iran, in which both sides expressed concern about the "dangerous spread" of the fighting into the Caspian region, according to a summary of the call released by the Russian foreign ministry.

Last week, Israel said its jet fighters struck Iranian Navy infrastructure in the Caspian Sea for the first time since the war began. The Caspian, the world's largest inland body of water, is bordered by Iran to its south and Russia to its northwest.

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