Late last month , azerbaijan indicated it would give russia priority in sales of gas from a big new field in the caspian .
上月末,阿塞拜疆表示,将在销售里海一个新开发大气田的天然气时优先考虑俄罗斯。
A pipeline across the caspian ( skirting russia ) has been mooted but is years from being built .
一条穿越里海(沿着俄国边界)的石油管道已经进入论证阶段,但等建成还有待经年。
There were pledges to diversify supplies , and support for named projects like the nabucco pipeline that would bring caspian gas to central europe , bypassing russia .
Moscow views tehran as an important ally and trading partner in the caucasus , caspian and central asian regions .
俄罗斯将伊朗看作高加索、里海和中亚地区的重要盟友和贸易伙伴。
A pipeline across the caspian would change the picture by opening up the resources of turkmenistan and kazakhstan .
横跨里海的管道将打开土库曼斯坦和哈萨克斯坦的资源,从而改变这一局面。
The caspian tiger is now extinct , so we didn 't need to worry about meeting one of those .
里海虎现在已经灭绝了,所以我们不必担心与老虎不期而遇。
Turkmenistan is the best option : it has fallen out with russia , thawed relations with azerbaijan , and built a pipeline from its onshore gasfields to the caspian coast .
But while nabucco could supply europe with gas from azerbaijan , it would not help turkmenistan , which would also need a pipeline under the caspian if it is to bypass russia and iran .