International organization CIS

Outline Basic information about CIS (short data foundations); Goals and objectives of CIS; Place of Russia in the CIS;

Basic information about CIS (short data foundations) The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional organization formed during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Nine out of the 15 former Soviet Republics are member states, and two are associate members (Ukraine and Turkmenistan). Georgia withdrew its membership in CIS was created in December 1991; Administrative center Minsk. In September 1993 the Heads of the CIS States signed an Agreement on the creation of Economic Union; In May 2009, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine joined the Eastern Partnership, a project which was initiated by the European Union (EU). In Astana on May 29, 2014, the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union was signed. Expansion of free economic space

Integration in the post-Soviet space

Goals and objectives of CIS Cooperation in political, economic, ecological, humanitarian, cultural and other fields; Comprehensive development of the participating states within the framework of the common economic space, interstate cooperation and integration Ensuring human rights and freedoms; Cooperation in ensuring international peace and security, achieving general and complete disarmament; Mutual legal assistance; Peaceful resolution of disputes and conflicts between the member states of the organization

Representatives of CIS

Place of Russia in the CIS Russia The economic integration of the CIS Russian Federation plays an irrelevant role Special position of the trans- regional Euro- Pacific country The humanitarian sphere is Russian "soft power" In the CIS countries is the development of the Russian media

Summarry Basic information about CIS (short data foundations); Goals and objectives of CIS; Place of Russia in the CIS;