Commonwealth of Independent States
Updated 7 November 2026
The loose association created as the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991 — a framework for post-Soviet coordination that members engage with à la carte.
Key facts
- Founded
- 1991
- Headquarters
- Minsk, Belarus
- Members
- 9 states
- Chair
- Turkmenistan
- Secretary-General
- Sergey Lebedevsince October 2007
- Last summit
- 9 October 2026Awaza, Turkmenistan
- The UAE
- Not a member
- UAE trade with members (2025)
- $15.6 billion