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, ...

"Based on the decision of the Humanitarian Cooperation Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) dated October ...

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 ...

Russia president Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with the Commonwealth of Independent States Russia and a number of other former members of the Soviet Union set up the Commonwealth of Independent ...

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 ...

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 ...