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Russia kicks off Caspian war games
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- Russia said its Navy had begun military exercises in the central waters of the Caspian Sea north of the Azerbaijani capital Baku.
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- The war games are taking place north of Azerbaijan’s Absheron peninsula, where Baku is located, and will include artillery and rocket fire
- Russia insisting that there was no threat to neighbouring states as Armenia and Azerbaijan battle over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
- Russia has so far kept its distance from the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Armenian-controlled Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
- But Armenia, unlike Azerbaijan, is a member of the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) military alliance and Yerevan has made clear it is hoping for Russian backing.