The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional intergovernmental organization that currently unites 11 post-Soviet countries (Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan ...

form themselves into a free, sovereign, and independent body politic, or state." This framing of the state as a commonwealth derives from the language of 17th-century thinkers like Thomas Hobbes ...

On October 8, the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) gathered in Moscow for their annual meeting. Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired the summit, ...

In an address to secretaries of the security councils of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the actions of some states are aimed at ...

CHISINAU -- In a move likely to increase tensions with the Kremlin, Moldova has distanced itself further from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) this week by revoking key agreements with ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday said that his counterparts from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are in favor of a cease-fire and talks between Israel and Palestine.

The Independent is trusted by Americans ... to meet a bar that allows continued membership to states such as Pakistan and Zimbabwe. The Commonwealth is largely seen as less important than other ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday described the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which comprises former Soviet republics, as a “regional association of nine ...

This underscores the Commonwealth's evolution into a voluntary organisation of independent and equal states. The move could help ease tensions between the White House and Canada, of which King ...

That list of commonwealth nations ... Its transition from colony to independent state, which started in 1952 with the dissolution of the British Leeward Islands colony, was completed with its ...

Charles is only head of state in 14 of the 56 Commonwealth ... the possibility of the transition to independent republics. Barbados was the latest Commonwealth country to become a republic when ...