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THE COMMONWEALTH of Independent States (CIS), a surprise substitute for the former Soviet Union that was born at the 1991 Belaya Vezha meeting of the then leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine but had its important details poorly thought out by them, right from its inception has had great difficulties to struggle with to survive as a strategic union of countries. The CIS was effectively the product of a serious crisis that culminated in the collapse of the Soviet Union, and it still embodies less-than-stable development processes in the vast expanse of Eurasia.
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