Richter Yakov Andreevich RussiaSaratovSaratov State University, 83, Astrakhanskaya Str., Saratov, 410012, RussiaprofessorDoctor of Geologo-Mineralogical Sciencestyr2760@yahoo.com, RichterYA@info.sgu.ru Author's articles The Precaspian Depression Geothermal Conditions and Heat and Fluid Flows The Anomalous Crust of the Astrakhan Arch The Early Carboniferous Volcanism in the Southeastern Precaspian Depression Hydrothermal Processes in Basement Rocks of the West Siberian Oil and Gas Province The Anomalous Lithosphere and the Oil and Gas Potential of the Precaspian Depression Deep Fluid and Processes of Destruction and Fluidization in the Lithospheric Mantle Current problems in the North Caspian depression geology and oil and gas prospects Hydrothermally altered rocks – indicators of hydrocarbon unloading zones of the Krasnoleninsky arch (Western Siberia)