Commonwealth of Independent Nations

The Commonwealth of Independent Nations (russian: Содружество Независимых Странах; Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Stranakh french: Communauté des États indépendants) is an international organisation created by the Russian Federation.

The CIN is as of September 2010 a purely symbolic organization but with aims to become a confederation of states with some supranational powers in terms of trade, finance, defence and security.

Presidential Decree, September 2010
On August the 1st the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Romanov signed presidential decree no.915 creating the necessary structures and legislation within the Russian Federation to create the CIN. The decree states that the Russian Federation will answer for administration of the CIN until the first session of the Council of Ministers of the CIN has elected an Executive Secretary of the CIN.

Moscow Treaty, 2010
The Moscow Treaty is the document that will permit other nations to join the CIN. The document has been prepared by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.

It was signed on September the 21st by the President of the Russian Federation and ratified by the State Duma and the Federation Council on the same day.

Current members

 * the Russian Federation