ASTRAKHAN — The city of Astrakhan is jockeying to gain the “Capital of the Caspian” crown for Russia as the states bordering the world’s largest enclosed body of water look to boost mutual trade despite international foot-dragging over long-running territorial disputes. “Astrakhan is on the border of Europe and Asia,” the city’s mayor, Sergei Bozhenov, told the annual Business Caspian conference Friday. “It unites the cultures of Europe and the East.” The Astrakhan region’s foreign […]