The Commonwe alth of Independent States - this is the name of the organization that arose on the fragments of the Soviet Union after its collapse. Many member countries of the former superpower were not fully prepared for absolute independence, which gave rise to the mentioned alliance.
A brief history of the emergence of the CIS
USSR united within its borders very diverse in culture, traditions and level of development of the province destroyed in 1917 by the revolution of the Russian Empire. For all the years of existence of a mighty power, the leadership has repeatedly tried to bring all the national state formations that were part of it to a common denominator. It can be said that this policy was largely carried out, the Union rested mainly on a strong centralized power, which "cemented" the entire building of the state. And as soon as it began to weaken in the 80s, under M. S. Gorbachev, it immediately caused an active national movement in the Union republics! The combination of many indicators ultimately led to the collapse of the USSR. However, long-term socio-cultural and economic-political ties,that have arisen between countries over the course of eighty years cannot be completely destroyed in a year. Thus, a new state-political entity appeared on the world stage - the CIS.
Collisions of the existence of the Commonwe alth
Countries that were part of the CIS at the time of its appearance, automatically became the founders of this organization. They, according to the protocol of 1991, were three states: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. The Commonwe alth very soon expanded due to new members, its membership increased, but over time it changed in the direction of decrease. To the question "how many countries are included in the CIS" one could answer that eleven. However, in 2006 Turkmenistan stated that it would only be an "associate member". In addition, Ukraine has not approved the Charter of the organization and is not formally its ally, Mongolia and Afghanistan participate in some divisions of the Commonwe alth as observers. The countries that were part of the CIS and left it for political reasons also had long-term ties with Russia and other republics of the former USSR. For example, Georgia. As a result of the ill-conceived, adventuristic policy of its President M. Saakashvili, who attacked South Ossetia and thus provoked a conflict with Russia, Georgia withdrew from all structures of the Commonwe alth.
Goals of the organization
The countries that were formally and actually members of the CIS make it possible to reveal the following fact: even Russia did not sign the protocol on the creation of the organization, which de jure excludes our country from among the members of the Commonwe alth. Howeverlegal conflicts do not prevent the Russian Federation from being the flagship of this interstate structure. The chairmanship in the mentioned organization is alternately shared by the countries belonging to the CIS. The list of these states looks like
as follows:
- Russia.
- Ukraine.
- Belarus.
- Kazakhstan.
- Moldova.
- Kyrgyzstan.
- Turkmenistan.
- Azerbaijan.
- Armenia.
- Tajikistan.
- Uzbekistan.
Like any other international organization, the Commonwe alth has a clear organizational structure and legal framework. The main idea of existence is the comprehensive development of partnerships between the member countries of the former USSR, while the CIS is open to new participants who have expressed a desire to join it and share its principles of structure. The countries that were and are members of the CIS today had and have the full right to withdraw from the organization for any internal reasons, and can also be expelled for violating the Charter of this interethnic organization.
