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[[Image:CISflag.png|right|thumb|Flag of CIS]]
[[Image:CISflag.png|right|thumb|Flag of CIS]]
The '''Commonwealth of Independent States''' (CIS) is an alliance among 11 former Soviet Republics: [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belarus]], [[Georgia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Moldova]], [[Russia]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Ukraine]], and [[Uzbekistan]].
The '''Commonwealth of Independent States''' (CIS) is an alliance among 11 former Soviet Republics: [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]], [[Armenia]], [[Georgia]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Belarus]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Moldova]], [[Tajikistan]], and [[Uzbekistan]].
[[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]] did not join (see [[Baltic states]]).
[[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]] did not join (see [[Baltic states]]).
[[Turkmenistan]] was a member of the the CIS but left as a permanent member in 2005, and now is only an associate member.
[[Turkmenistan]] was a member of the the CIS but left as a permanent member in 2005, and now is only an associate member.
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