!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([CIS]) is a [political|Politics] and economic confederation of nine member states and two associate members, all of which are former [Union of Soviet Socialist Republics] ([USSR]) located in [Eurasia] (primarily in Central to North Asia), formed following the dissolution of the [Soviet Union]. 


[{$pagename}] consists of the following [Countries|Country]:
* [Armenia]
* [Azerbaijan]
* [Belarus]
* [Kazakhstan]
* [Kyrgyzstan]
* [Moldova]
* [Russia]
* [Tajikistan]
* [Uzbekistan]
* [Ukraine] - Largely ceased to participate in [CIS] from [2014|Year 2014], and withdrew representatives from all statutory bodies of CIS in [2018|Year 2018] as a result of the Annexation of Crimea by the [Russian Federation] 
* [Turkmenistan] - (an associate state)

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* [#1] - [Commonwealth_of_Independent_States|Wikipedia:Commonwealth_of_Independent_States|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-05-07-