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Which countries are part of the CIS: education for the ignorant

Unfortunately, today, when twenty years have passed since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, not everyone knows which countries are part of the CIS. This is especially true of modern youth, to those who were born and studied in post-Soviet Russia. For them, the USSR is the state from the pages of history books of the twentieth century, an unreal state of the past, with which they do not have anything to do with.

Meanwhile, the former union republics now maintain political and economic relations within the CIS - the Commonwealth of Independent States. Today the composition of the CIS is all the countries that were part of the former USSR, with the exception of the three Baltic states. Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania now focus exclusively on the Western model of socio-economic and state-political development, and therefore they chose not to join the Commonwealth.

So, which countries are part of the CIS today? Firstly, they are the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus, who founded this organization in December 1991. The parties agreed to respect each other's sovereignty and develop interstate relations and relations in various spheres of society. They stressed that the fraternal peoples who used to live in one big state should be able to communicate freely with each other, exchange experience and honor established traditions. Further, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Moldova and Kyrgyzstan joined the organization. All these countries have ratified the main document of the CIS - the charter. One of the provisions of the charter is the right of the country to withdraw from the Commonwealth with a written notification to the participating countries one year before such withdrawal. In 2008, the Georgian authorities took advantage of this right, and in summer 2009 Georgia officially left the CIS. Turkmenistan participates in the work of the CIS in the role of the so-called "associate member". This means that the Turkmen side makes all the necessary contributions, but has the right to vote only on the issues on which it has such right granted by the organization. Despite the fact that Ukraine was one of the founders of the CIS, this country has not yet ratified the CIS Charter. Thus, legally it is not a member of the organization, but actually takes part in all discussions and influences the work of the Commonwealth.

Now that we have figured out which countries are part of the CIS, let us note the main agreements that have been adopted within the organization to date.

The agreement on the free trade zone is based on the principles developed by the World Trade Organization and establishes a ban on the collection of customs duties and fees by participating States from citizens of other participating States. The abolition of the policy of mercantilism and protectionism is capable of bringing the economic relations of the signatory states of the Agreement to a new stage.

In order to determine to which countries the rules of a particular document are applied, it is necessary to have information about which CIS member has signed it, and not only about which countries are included in the CIS.

Back in 1992, the Agreement on guarantees of the rights of citizens of the CIS countries in the field of pensions was adopted. It fixed the procedure for accounting for length of service and former pension deductions for the calculation of payments in each of the countries of the Commonwealth.

Special attention should be paid to the Agreement on Cooperation of CIS Members in Combating Illegal Migration. Thus, on the one hand, states establish a milder border crossing regime, enshrined in the Customs Code of the Customs Union, and on the other hand, try to prevent illegal movements across the territory of the post-Soviet space.

Now you know which countries are part of the CIS, and why this organization was created.

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