# Putin: Russia backs special protocol on Caspian Sea monitoring

https://mins.news/en/item/93383

- TASS, 2026-10-09 14:55 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2199939

> At the Caspian Environmental Summit, Vladimir Putin said Russia supports developing a special Caspian monitoring protocol under the Tehran Convention. He said environmental challenges call for collective steps to protect the sea’s ecosystem, and that the protocol could systematize information-sharing on environmental risks and establish a response mechanism.