Commonwealth of Independent States
Americannoun
noun
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In 2021, the Health and Human Services Department published an analyst’s note linking Cl0p to a cyber threat group believed to operating from somewhere within the Commonwealth of Independent States, including former Soviet Union countries.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
The other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, made up of former Soviet republics, will now fall under the supervision of Huawei's office in Bahrain.
From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2022
CIS is the Commonwealth of Independent States, a union of Russia, Belarus, Moldova and several Central Asian countries.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2022
Dec. 8, 1991: The leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus declare the Soviet Union dead and announce the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
How will the Commonwealth of Independent States function once goals and purposes of nation-states take over those assumed in a nebulously defined commonwealth?
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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