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{{Infobox Geopolitical organisation
|native_name = Содружество Независимых Государств
|name = Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
|linking_name = the Commonwealth of Independent States
|image_flag = Flag of the CIS.svg
|image_map = CIS Map.png
|map_caption = <div style="text-align:left; padding-left:1em; font-size:105%;">{{legend|#800080|Member state}} {{legend|#ff80c0|Associate member}}</div>
|org_type = [[Commonwealth]]
|membership = 11 member states<br/>1 associate member
|admin_center_type = Headquarters
|admin_center = {{flagicon|Belarus}} [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]]
|established = [[December 21]], [[1991]]
|leader_title1 = Executive Secretary
|leader_name1 = [[Sergei Lebedev]]
| population_estimate = 277,983,490
| population_estimate_year = 2007
|languages_type = [[Working language]]
|languages = [[Russian language|Russian]]
|official_website = [http://cis.minsk.by cis.minsk.by]
}}
The '''Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)''' ({{lang-ru|Содружество Независимых Государств}} (СНГ), [[Romanization of Russian|transliterated]] ''Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv'') is the [[international organization]], or [[wiktionary:alliance|alliance]], consisting of eleven [[Post-Soviet states|former Soviet Republics]]: [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belarus]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Moldova]], [[Russia]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Ukraine]], and [[Uzbekistan]]. [[Turkmenistan]] discontinued permanent membership as of [[August 26]], [[2005]], and is now an associate member.
The creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States on [[December 21]], [[1991]] signaled the dissolution of the [[Soviet Union]] and, according to leaders of Russia, its purpose was to "allow a civilized divorce" between the [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Soviet Republics]]. Since its formation, the member-states of CIS have signed a large number of documents concerning integration and cooperation on matters of [[economics]], [[Defense (military)|defense]] and [[foreign policy]].
From a historical point of view, the CIS could be viewed as a successor entity to the [[Soviet Union]], insofar as one of its original intents was to provide a framework for the disassembly of that state. However, the CIS is emphatically not a state unto itself, and is more comparable to a loose [[confederation]] more similar to the [[European Community]] than to the [[European Union]] that followed. Although the CIS has few supranational powers, it is more than a purely symbolic organization, possessing coordinating powers in the realm of trade, finance, lawmaking, and security. The most significant issue for the CIS is the establishment of a full-fledged free trade zone / economic union between the member states, to have been launched in 2005. It has also promoted cooperation on democratisation and cross-border crime prevention.
The CIS is headquartered in [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]]. The chairman of the CIS is known as the [[Executive Secretary]]. All of the CIS's executive secretaries have been from Belarus or Russia. [[Sergei Lebedev]] is the current executive secretary, and has been since October 2007.
==Members==
* Current members:
** {{ARM}} (1991)
** {{AZE}} (1993)
** {{BLR}} (1991)
** {{KAZ}} (1991)
** {{KGZ}} (1991)
** {{MDA}} (1994)
** {{RUS}} (1991)
** {{TJK}} (1991)
** {{UKR}} (1991)
** {{UZB}} (2000)
* Current members outside the Council of Defense Ministers:
** {{GEO}} (1993; withdrew from the Council in February 2006)
* Former members/Associate members:
** {{TKM}} (1991; withdrew 2005, current associate member)
==Governing bodies==
The affairs of CIS member states are governed by the following statutory bodies:
* '''Executive Committee''' - [http://cis.minsk.by Website]
* '''Council of the Heads of States'''
* '''Council of the Heads of Governments'''
* '''Council of Foreign Ministers'''
* '''Council of Defense Ministers'''
* '''Council of the Interior Ministers'''
:Note. In the CIS countries, the Interior Minister is the head of a national law enforcement agency.
* '''Council of the Member-State Permanent Representatives'''
* '''Inter-Parliamentary Assembly''' (IPA)
:Established in March 1992 as a consultative institution, the first participants were [[Armenia]], [[Belarus]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]] and [[Russia]]. Between 1993 and 1996, [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and [[Moldova]] also joined. [[Ukraine]] joined in 1999.
: IPA sessions are held twice a year in [[Saint Petersburg]], and are composed of parliamentary delegations of the member states. The IPA has nine permanent commissions: on legal issues; on economy and finance; on social policy and human rights; on ecology and natural resources; on defense and security issues; on culture, science, education and information issues; on foreign policy affairs; on state-building and local government; on control budget. [http://www.iacis.ru/short.en.html]
* '''Economic Council'''
* '''[[Economic Court]]''' - [http://www.sudsng.org/ Website]
==Military cooperation==
*Staff for Coordinating Military Cooperation. Established as the CIS Joint Armed Forces High Command in March 1992 and then reorganised as the Coordinating Staff in August 1993. Reduced quickly to a very weak body as national authorities asserted their control over their own armed forces. May now have been wound up after a CIS conference in Kazan in August 2005.<ref>{{cite news |first=Roger | last=McDermott | title= SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA MOVES CLOSER TO MOSCOW'S ORBIT|url=http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=407&issue_id=3235&article_id=2369279 | date=2005-02-17 | publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |accessdate=late October 2006}}</ref>
The following bodies also govern defense and security issues:
* '''Council of the Heads of Security and Special Services'''
* '''Joint Consultative Commission on Disarmament'''
* '''Anti-Terrorism Center'''
* '''Council of Border Troops Commanders'''
===Collective Security Treaty===
{{main|Collective Security Treaty Organisation}}
The CIS Collective Security Treaty (CST) was signed on [[May 15]], [[1992]], by Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, in the city of [[Tashkent]]. Azerbaijan likewise signed the treaty on [[September 24]], [[1993]], Georgia on [[December 9]], [[1993]] and Belarus on [[December 31]], [[1993]]. The treaty came into effect on [[April 20]], [[1994]].
The treaty reaffirmed the desire of all participating states to abstain from the use or threat of force. Signatories would not be able to join other military alliances or other groups of states, while an aggression against one signatory would be perceived as an aggression against all.
The CST was set to last for a five-year period unless extended. On [[April 2]], [[1999]], the Presidents of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, signed a protocol renewing the treaty for another five year period – however Azerbaijan, Georgia and Uzbekistan refused to sign and withdrew from the treaty instead.
On [[October 7]], [[2002]], the six members of the CST, signed a charter in [[Chişinău]], expanding it and renaming to the [[Collective Security Treaty Organisation]] (CSTO). [[Nikolai Bordyuzha]] was appointed secretary general of the new organization. On [[23 June]] [[2006]], Uzbekistan rejoined CSTO.<ref>{{cite news |first=Vladimir | last=Socor | title=Uzbekistan Accedes to Collective Security Treaty Organisation |url=http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2371223 | date=2006-06-27 | publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |accessdate=2007-02-17}}</ref>
==Economic cooperation==
In addition to the Economic Council, the following agencies are involved in economic issues.
{{dablink|The following list is not inclusive. As of April 2006, the total number of the CIS agencies was about seventy.}}
* '''Interstate Statistical Committee''' - [http://www.cisstat.com/eng Website]
* '''Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification''' - [http://www.easc.org.by Website]
:Also known as the ''Euro Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification (EASC)''. Recognized as a regional standards organization by ISO Council Resolution 40/1995.
* '''Interstate Council for Emergencies Caused by Natural Phenomena and Industrial Activities'''
* '''Interstate Ecological Council'''
* '''Interstate Council for Hydrometeorology'''
* '''Interstate Council for Geodesy, Cartography, Cadaster and Remote Earth Probing'''
* '''Interstate Council for Coordination of Scientific Information'''
* '''Inter-Governmental Council for Cooperation in the Construction Industry'''
* '''Electric Power Council''' - [http://www.energo-cis.org/ Website]
* '''Council for Cooperation in Health Care'''
* '''Interstate Council for Anti-Trust Policies'''
* '''Interstate Council for Industrial Safety''' - [http://www.mspbsng.org/ Website]
* '''Council of the Heads of Statistical Services'''
===Eurasian Economic Community===
{{Main|Eurasian Economic Community}}
There has been discussion about the creation of a "common economic space" between the countries of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. Agreement in principle about the creation of this space was announced after a meeting in the [[Moscow]] suburb of [[Novo-Ogarevo]] on [[February 23]], [[2003]].
The Common Economic Space would involve a [[supranational]] commission on trade and [[tariff]]s that would be based in [[Kyiv]], would initially be headed by a representative of [[Kazakhstan]], and would not be subordinate to the governments of the four nations. The ultimate goal would be a regional organisation that would be open for other countries to join as well, and could eventually lead even to a single currency.<ref>http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/2003/370301.shtml</ref>
On [[22 May]] [[2003]] The [[Verkhovna Rada]] (the Ukrainian Parliament) voted 266 votes in favour and 51 against the joint economic space. However, most believe that [[Viktor Yushchenko]]'s victory in the [[Ukrainian presidential election, 2004|Ukrainian presidential election of 2004]] was a significant blow against the project: Yushchenko has shown renewed interest in Ukrainian membership in the European Union, and such membership would be incompatible with the envisioned
common economic space.
With the revival of the [[Eurasian Economic Community]] in 2005 there is a possibility for the "common economic space" agenda to be implemented in its framework of a Union of Russia and Belarus with or without the participation of [[Ukraine]]. This was confirmed in August 2006<ref>[http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-163819.html UNIAN - Customs union to be based on CES documents<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> - initially a [[customs union]] will consist of [[Belarus]], [[Russia]] and [[Kazakhstan]] with the other [[Eurasian Economic Community|EurAsEC]] members joining later.
==Chartered organisations==
* '''Interstate Bank''' - [http://www.isbnk.ru/index_4.php Website]
* '''MIR Interstate Television and Radio Broadcasting Company'''
* '''Council of the Heads of the Chambers of Commerce'''
* '''International Association of Exchanges''' - [http://mab-sng.org Website]
* '''Leasing Confederation''' - [http://www.cisleasing.ru Website]
* '''International Consumer Cooperatives Council'''
* '''International Union for Agricultural Production'''
* '''International Academy of Wine Growing and Wine Making'''
==Election observation missions==
{{main|CIS election observation missions}}
Since 2002, the CIS has been sending observers to elections in member countries of the CIS. Several of these observation missions have been extremely controversial, as their findings have been that the elections are "free and fair" only when the pro-Kremlin or ruling-party wins, and therefore has often been in contradiction with the findings of other international organisations from Western liberal-democracies - such as the [[Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], the [[Council of Europe]], or the [[European Union]] - which normally label those same elections as having many irregularities.
After the CIS observer mission disputed the final (repeat) round of the [[Ukrainian presidential election, 2004|2004 Ukrainian presidential election]] which followed the [[Orange Revolution]] and brought into power the former opposition, Ukraine suspended its membership in the CIS observer missions.
==Russian language==
Russia has been urging for the [[Russian language]] to receive official status in all 12 of the CIS member states. So far Russian is an official language in four of these states: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Russian is also considered an official language in the separatist regions of [[Abkhazia]] and [[Transnistria]], as well as the semi-autonomous region of [[Gagauzia]] in Moldova.
[[Viktor Yanukovych]], the Moscow-supported presidential candidate in the controversial [[Ukrainian presidential election, 2004]], declared his intention to make Russian an official second language of Ukraine. However, [[Viktor Yushchenko]], the winner, did not do so as he was more closely aligned with the [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian-speaking]] population.{{Fact|date=July 2007}}
==History==
===Foundation===
Initiating the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in the autumn of 1991, the leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine met on [[December 8]] in the [[Belovezhskaya Pushcha]] Natural Reserve, about 50 [[Kilometre|km]] (30 [[Mile|mi]]) north of [[Brest, Belarus|Brest]] in Belarus, and signed an agreement establishing the CIS.<ref>[http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2006-47-1 The Moscow News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> At the same time they announced that the new alliance would be open to all republics of the former Soviet Union, as well as other nations sharing the same goals.
Soviet President [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] described this as an "illegal and dangerous" constitutional coup, but it soon became clear that the development could not be stopped: On [[December 21]], [[1991]], the leaders of eleven of the fifteen [[Republics of the Soviet Union|constituent republics of the Soviet Union]] met in [[Alma-Ata]], Kazakhstan, and signed the charter, thus ''[[de facto]]'' ratifying the initial CIS treaty. The Soviet government had already recognized the independence of [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], and [[Lithuania]] on [[September 6]], [[1991]], and the three Baltic nations refused to join the CIS. [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and [[Azerbaijan]] were initially reluctant to join the CIS but eventually did so. The CIS charter stated that all the members were sovereign and independent nations and thereby effectively abolished the [[Soviet Union]].
The ten original member states were Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Azerbaijan joined the CIS in September 1993<ref>[http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/erc/economics/trade_reports/1993/Azerbaijan.html US State Department 1993 Country Reports on Economic Practice and Trade Reports: Azerbaijan]</ref> and Georgia joined in December though under somewhat controversial circumstances, following the [[Georgian Civil War]].
During the 1992 [[Olympic Games]] (in [[1992 Winter Olympics|Albertville]] and [[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona]]), athletes from the CIS member states competed as the [[Unified Team]] for the last time. In other sports events in that year, such as the European Championships in football, athletes took part as representatives of the [[CIS national football team|CIS]]. Since then, the member states have competed under their national banners.
===Crisis===
Between years of 2003 and 2005, the leaderships of three CIS member states were overthrown in a series of "[[colour revolutions]]": [[Eduard Shevardnadze]] in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Leonid Kuchma]] in [[Ukraine]], and, lastly, [[Askar Akayev]] in [[Kyrgyzstan]]. The new government in Ukraine has taken an especially clear pro-Western stance, in contrast to their predecessors' close relationship with the [[Kremlin]]. The new government of Georgia has likewise taken a pro-Western and anti-Kremlin stance. [[Moldova]] also seems to be quietly drifting toward the West, away from the CIS.
In that timeframe a number of statements have been made by member state officials, casting doubt on the potential and continued worth of the CIS:
*[[Moldova]]
:On [[September 19]], [[2003]], [[Vladimir Voronin]], the president of Moldova, expressed his disappointment at the Common Economic Space set up between [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Ukraine]], and [[Belarus]] as part of the [[Eurasian Economic Community]] , and claimed this decision would lead to a "depreciation of CIS stock" and that it showed that "possible modernization of the CIS has been abandoned for good" and "the lack of perspective of the CIS has become evident".<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2003/09/220903.asp#278674 Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> However he has also more recently argued that it would be a great mistake for Moldova to leave the "huge markets" of the CIS and that Moldova can gain profit by remaining part of the CIS.<ref>[http://eng.primenewsonline.com/?c=121&a=6783 Moldavian President Is Against Withdrawal From CIS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
:In November 2004, the Defense Minister of Georgia, [[Giorgi Baramidze]], told reporters that he would not be attending the CIS Council of Defense Ministers, and that the CIS is "yesterday's history", while Georgia's future was in cooperation with [[NATO]] defense ministers.<ref>[http://www.isn.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=10230 ISN Security Watch - Georgian defense minister defies CIS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In February 2006, Georgia officially withdrew from the Council of Defense Ministers, with the statement that "Georgia has taken a course to join NATO and it cannot be part of two military structures simultaneously".<ref>[http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/03-02-2006/75406-georgia-0 Georgia opts out of ex-Soviet military cooperation body - Pravda.Ru<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://en.rian.ru/world/20060203/43324440.html RIA Novosti - World - Georgia's quitting CIS council will not affect security - Russian minister<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> As tensions heighten with Russia due to the latter's [[2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines|ban on several Georgian wine and water brands]], the Government of Georgia is considering withdrawing from the CIS, a membership of which is largely unpopular within Georgia. President [[Mikheil Saakashvili]] said on [[May 2]], [[2006]] that the government would review whether the country was benefiting from being a CIS member.<ref> [http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?id=15687 International Relations and Security Network, "Georgia considers withdrawing from CIS"], [[May 3]], [[2006]].</ref>
*[[Belarus]]
:One of the closest allies of Russia, the President of Belarus [[Alexander Lukashenko]], said during a summit with Vladimir Putin that "The CIS is undergoing the most critical phase of its history" and is at risk of being dissolved or losing all its significance to the member states.
*[[Ukraine]]
:On [[April 9]], [[2005]], Minister of Economics of Ukraine said at a news conference "there is no hope for CIS development" and that Ukrainian government is considering halting its financial contributions to CIS bodies.<ref>http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11267754</ref> Ukraine had historically become one of the CIS founding countries. At the same time Ukraine is the participant and not the member of CIS as it did not sign the Rules (Statute) of CIS. Ukraine is against turning of CIS into the "superstate" entity and against delegating to such entity of any authority to override the national governments decisions. Ukraine is against delegating to CIS of the status of the international law subject and does not recognize the CIS right to represent its interests in the international arena or in the international organizations. Ukraine does not support any attempts to revive in the post-soviet territory any new amalgamations of federative or confederative character, is against creation on the CIS basis of political, military or economic union around mutual center. Ukraine departs from the fact that each of the countries - participants of CIS conducts its foreign policy independently and determines the scope of its activities within CIS. Ukraine does not take part in the CIS military-political structures. Ukraine is currently gradually further "wrapping up" the scope of its participation in the CIS activities. Ukraine's strategic target is integration into the European and Euroatlantic structures.
*[[Turkmenistan]]
:In August 2005, Turkmenistan downgraded its CIS status to an associate member.<ref>http://www.cis.minsk.by/main.aspx?uid=6070</ref>
*[[Russia]]
:In March 2007, [[Igor Ivanov]], the secretary of the Russian Security Council, expressed his doubts concerning the usefulness of CIS, and emphasizing that the [[Eurasian Economic Community|EurAsEC]] became a more competent organization to unify the biggest countries of the CIS.<ref>[http://www.infoniac.com/news/russia-nato.html Russia questions further existence of the CIS post-soviet organization] ''InfoNIAC''</ref>
==See also==
* '''Common Economic Space''' as part of the [[EU-Russia Common Spaces#Common Economic Space|EU-Russia Common Spaces]]
* [[GUAM]]
* [[Post-Soviet states#Regional organizations|Regional organisations in the Post-Soviet space]]
* [[Commonwealth of Independent States Cup]]
* [[OSCE countries statistics]]
==Executive Secretaries of CIS==
*[[Ivan Korotchenya]] ([[Belarus]]) [[May]] 1993 - [[April 29]], [[1998]]
*[[Boris Berezovsky]] ([[Russia]]) [[April 29]], [[1998]] - [[March 4]], [[1999]]
*[[Ivan Korotchenya]] ([[Belarus]]) (acting) [[March 4]], [[1999]] - [[April 2]], [[1999]]
*[[Yury Yarov]] ([[Russia]]) [[April 2]], [[1999]] - [[June 14]], [[2004]]
*[[Vladimir Rushailo]] ([[Russia]]) [[June 14]], [[2004]] - [[October 5]], [[2007]]
*[[Sergei Lebedev]] ([[Russia]]) [[October 5]], [[2007]] - Present
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://gominsk.org/ Photos of CIS capital - Minsk, Belarus on GOMINSK.ORG]
* [http://www.therussiasite.org/legal/laws/CIScharter.html Charter of the CIS]
* [http://www.cis.minsk.by CIS Executive Committee]
* [http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_report&report_id=309&language_id=1 PINR - C.I.S. Struggles for Cohesion]
* [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/08/26dab4c9-5ba1-4193-86e7-62fc991f8a6c.html Turkmenistan reduces ties to "Associate Member"]
* [http://home.globalcustodian.com/newsshow.do?newsid=26824 RZB Outlook For Commonwealth Of Independent States]
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