Georgian and Russian officials marked the 18th anniversary of the five-day August 2008 Russia-Georgia war on August 8 with incompatible accounts; Georgia's Foreign Ministry said Russia continues to expand its annexation of the country's territories, while Russia's Foreign Ministry defended the 2008 intervention as a forced response to Georgia's attack on South Ossetia

跨里海货运量2025年降至412万吨，哈萨克斯坦同期赢得世界银行8.46亿美元担保以打通瓶颈

The 7,000-km Trans-Caspian freight corridor linking China to Europe through Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia is the only east-west route bypassing both Russia and Iran.