RUDN Journal of EconomicsRUDN Journal of Economics2313-23292408-8986Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)11883International cooperation and working out a complex of measures for protection of the Caspian region's ecosystemSabbatovskayaA KPeoples' Friendship University of Russiasabbat07@mail.ruPeoples' Friendship University of Russia150420104303712092016Copyright © 2016, Economics2016The article is devoted to the detailed analysis of the basic problems of Caspian's single ecosystem conservation and description of international programmes on unification of efforts of all five riparian countries, namely: Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Islamic Republic of Iran. Special attention is paid to the geopolitical situation in connection with changes of legal status of the Caspian Sea. The article displays the negative tendencies of ecosystem's deterioration, coming out during the last decades in the whole region. It is showed that future of the Caspian's unique ecosystem depends on cooperation and activities' efficiency of the governments of all five littoral countries.Caspian regionenvironmental and economic problemsenvironmental protectioninternational programmesinternational legal statusКаспийский регионэколого-экономические проблемызащита окружающей средымеждународные программымеждународно-правовой статус