Abstract
The Commonwealth of Independent States, founded on 8 Dec. 1991 in Belarus, is a community of independent states that proclaimed itself the successor to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in some aspects of international law and affairs. The founding members—Russia, Belarus and Ukraine—were subsequently joined by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. However, Turkmenistan withdrew as a permanent member in 2005 to become an associate member and Georgia withdrew altogether in 2009.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Further Reading
Brzezinski, Z. and Sullivan, P. (eds.) Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Documents, Data and Analysis. 1996
Editor information
Copyright information
© 2015 The Editor(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Heath-Brown, N. (2015). Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In: Heath-Brown, N. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2016. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-57823-8_29
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-57823-8_29
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-137-43998-7
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-57823-8
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection