Commonwealth Of Independent States
Moldovan premier participates in summit of CIS heads of government
November 23, 2010Prime Minister Vlad Filat today participated in the summit of the heads of government from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the government's communications and press relations department has said. The event took place at the headquarters...
Moldova wants ousted leaders to return diplomatic passports
February 05, 2010Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca said today that 26 former officials have failed to return their diplomatic passports since losing their jobs following the victory of the current ruling coalition in last summer's elections, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service...
Viktor Yanukovich: Importance of GUAM has been lost
February 04, 2010Viktor Yanukovich, one of the two contenders to the presidential seat in Ukraine, told the press yesterday that GUAM, a regional organization made up of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova, "has lost its importance in a sense." Mr. Yanukovich...
Russian Military Planners Thinking About a Post-CIS Eurasia
October 21, 2009By Paul Goble In the clearest indication yet that senior officials in Moscow are worried about what will happen if, as seems likely, the Commonwealth of Independent States dissolves, an article in the journal of the Russian military-industrial...
Moldova defends taking foreign leaders to wine cellars
October 14, 2009Moldova's new government has refuted media reports that the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit held in Chisinau last week was successful because of visits to the country's famous wine cellars, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. The Moldovan...
Where does Russia want to take the CIS?
October 13, 2009By Irina Severin The main intrigue surrounding the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Chisinau last week was whether Russian President Dmitry Medvedev would attend. The Kremlin only confirmed his participation in the October...
Russia Facing Resistance With Allies On CIS's Southern Flank
October 09, 2009By Bruce Pannier Russia's relations with the three states that make up the southern flank of the Commonwealth Of Independent States -- Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan -- have suffered severe setbacks of late. Uzbekistan has annoyed the Kremlin...
Moldova’s Alliance for European Integration Meets the CIS
October 09, 2009By Tammy Lynch If Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was asked today to choose an appropriate city in which to hold the Commonwealth of Independent States summit, it’s a safe bet Chisinau wouldn’t be his pick. Despite protestations of good...
Moscow Reprises Another Tactic against Ukraine
October 08, 2009By Paul Goble Over the last decade, the Commonwealth of Independent States has been reduced to little more than a club of presidents of the 11 and now, after Georgia’s withdrawal, 11 former Soviet republics. But so few presidents are slated...
Moldova: Russian peacekeepers, big loans and the need for reforms
October 08, 2009By Louis O'Neill Moldova hosts the Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States this week and hopes to have a better turnout than President Medvedev did in July, at the annual "summit-at-the-races". Back then, only five CIS leaders made...