In early July, fish began dying en masse off Azerbaijan’s coast, sparking speculation that Russia’s increasingly frequent cruise missile strikes against Ukraine, launched from its Caspian Flotilla, could be to blame. The deaths coincided with a significant Russian missile attack on Ukraine, allegedly using Kalibr cruise missiles also launched from the Caspian Sea. Governments in the region, wary of angering Moscow, are reluctant to investigate the veracity of speculation made on unofficial social media accounts. Azerbaijan’s biodiversity agency attributed the deaths to warmer water and lower o…