Instability in Georgia has caused the energy company BP to shut down pipelines in the country. Reduced demand for oil is helping to mitigate the impact wavering supply might have had even a month ago.
Today we were looking for the body of water that served as the setting for the first Soviet Western. The 1969 film ?White Sun of the Desert? was shot near the Caspian Sea. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with film writer Oleg Sulkin about the film’s director.
The answer to the Geo Quiz is Astana, Azerbaijan. Reporter Peter Savodnik talks with Marco Werman about the town nicknamed the ‘Tijuana of the Caspian’.
For today’s Geo Quiz, we were looking for the southernmost republic of the Russian Federation. The answer is Dagestan. The World’s Quil Lawrence recently met some travellers from Dagestan on their way home from their pilgrimage to Mecca.
