Commonwealth of Independent States

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international organization regional intergovernmental organization

The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional intergovernmental organization formed after the dissolution of the Soviet Union to facilitate cooperation among several former Soviet republics in areas such as trade, security, and political coordination.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
CIS countries	5
post-Soviet space	1
СНГ	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international organization ⓘ regional intergovernmental organization ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
cooperationArea	collective security ⓘ culture ⓘ customs policy ⓘ education ⓘ humanitarian cooperation ⓘ migration policy ⓘ trade ⓘ
currency	no single common currency ⓘ
executiveBody	CIS Executive Committee ⓘ
formerMemberState	Georgia ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ
foundedAfter	dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
founder	Belarus ⓘ Russia ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ
foundingDate	21 December 1991 ⓘ 8 December 1991 ⓘ
foundingLocation	Almaty ⓘ surface form: Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan Belovezhskaya Pushcha ⓘ surface form: Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Belarus
foundingTreaty	Alma-Ata Protocol ⓘ Belavezha Accords ⓘ
hasOrgan	Council of Foreign Ministers ⓘ Council of Heads of State ⓘ surface form: Council of Heads of Government Council of Heads of State ⓘ Economic Council ⓘ Executive Committee ⓘ CIS Interparliamentary Assembly ⓘ surface form: Interparliamentary Assembly
headquartersCountry	Belarus ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Minsk ⓘ
inception	1991 ⓘ
legalStatus	subject of international law ⓘ
memberState	Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Belarus ⓘ Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Moldova ⓘ Russia ⓘ Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
observerState	Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	Russian ⓘ
primaryPurpose	economic cooperation ⓘ political coordination ⓘ security cooperation ⓘ
regionServed	Eurasia ⓘ
replaced	Soviet Union as a framework for cooperation among former republics ⓘ
securityStructureLinked	Collective Security Treaty Organization ⓘ
shortName	CIS ⓘ
sportsEvent	CIS Games ⓘ
usesAbbreviation	Commonwealth of Independent States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: СНГ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation → cooperatesWith → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

Belavezha Accords → createdEntity → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

Russia–Georgia relations → involvesOrganization → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

Azerbaijan → memberOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

Belarus → memberOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

Kazakhstan → memberOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

Kyrgyzstan → memberOf → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ

Rossiya Airlines → operatesIn → Commonwealth of Independent States ⓘ