The Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS) is the confederation of countries that used to form the Soviet Union . Contents 1 Establishment 2 Nations 3 Headquarters 4 Other websites Establishment On December 8, 1991, leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine met at the nature reserve called Belovezhskaya Pushcha in Belarus.

The Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS) is an international organization consisting of 11 of the 15 states of the former Soviet Union, the exceptions being the three Baltic states and, since 2009, Georgia. Ukraine participates in the organization, although is technically not a member, as its parliament never voted to approve the treaty.

独立国家共同体（どくりつこっかきょうどうたい、ロシア語: Содружество Независимых Государств, СНГ 、 英語: Commonwealth of Independent States 、英略称: CIS）は、ソビエト連邦の崩壊時に、ソビエト社会主義共和国連邦を構成していた15か国のうちバルト三国を除く12か国（発足当初は10 ...

The remaining 12 republics all subsequently seceded. 12 of the 15 states, excluding the three Baltic countries, initially formed the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and most joined the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), while the Baltic states focused on European Union and NATO membership.

In July of 1992 at a meeting of executive committee of the CIS Association of Football Federations adopted decision on launching the First Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since 1993 as an open tournament to champions from the USSR successor states (The Commonwealth of Independent States, and well as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ).

The flag of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( Russian: Флаг Содружества Независимых Государств) depicts a yellow sun on a …