The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional intergovernmental organization of states in Eurasia, formed after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Belarus, Russia and Ukraine signed the founding Belovezha Accords on December 8, 1991, and eight further former Soviet republics joined through the Alma-Ata Protocol on December 21, 1991. It has nine full members, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, along with Turkmenistan as an associate member. The organization coordinates cooperation among its members on economic, political and military affairs, including trade, finance, lawmaking and the prevention of cross border crime.
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1. Wikipedia: Commonwealth of Independent States
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formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991
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8 December 1991
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Minsk Moscow
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The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of states in Eurasia.
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