Commonweel o Independent States

The Commonweel o Independent States (CIS; Roushie: Содружество Независимых Государств, СНГ), cried the Roushie Commonweel (tae distinguish it frae the Breetish Commonweel o Naitions) an aw, is a regional organisation formed during the dissolution o the Soviet Union. Nine oot o the 15 umwhile Soviet Republics are member states, an one is a associate member (Turkmenistan). Georgie widrew its membership in 2008, while the Baltic states (Estonie, Lithuanie an Latvie) chuise nae tae pairteecipate.

Commonweel o Independent States Содружество Независимых Государств
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Admeenistrative centre	Minsk
Lairgest ceety	Moscow
Offeecial leid	Roushie
Teep	Regional organisation
Membership	9 member states Armenie Azerbaijan Belaroushie Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moldovae Roushie Tajikistan Uzbekistan 1associated state Turkmenistan
Leaders
• Executive Secretar	Sergei Lebedev
• Presidency	Roushie
Establishment
• Belavezha Accords	8 December 1991
• Collective Security Treaty Organisation	15 Mey 1992
• Free trade agreement signed	18 October 2011
• Free Trade Aurie established	20 September 2012
Aurie
• Total	22,100,843 km2 (8,533,183 sq mi)
Population
• 2017 estimate	282,214,245
• Density	12.77/km2 (33.1/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	US$5.429 trillion
• Per capita	US$19,238
GDP (nominal)	2013 estimate
• Tot	US$2.808 trillion
• Per capita	US$10,113
Currency	Member states Armenie dram Azerbaijani manat Belaroushie ruble Kazakhstani tenge Kyrgyzstani som Moldovan leu Roushie ruble Tajikistani somoni Uzbekistani som Associate states Turkmenistani manat Ukrainian hryvnia
Time zone	UTC+2 tae +12
Wabsteid www.cis.minsk.by