The Caspian Sea is bounded by the Russian Federation to the northwest.
Caspian Sea . It is bounded by Kazakhstan to the northeast , Russia to the northwest , Azerbaijan to the west , Iran to the south , and Turkmenistan to the southeast . Russia ( [ ˈrʌʃə ] [ Россия , Rossiya , rɐˈsʲijə ] ) , also officially the Russian Federation ( [ Российская Федерация , r = Rossiyskaya Federatsiya , p = rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə ] ) , is a country in Eurasia .