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<p>The <b>Commonwealth of Independent States</b> (<b>CIS</b>) is a <a href="page.php?w=regional_organization">regional intergovernmental organisation</a> of states in <a href="page.php?w=Eurasia">Eurasia</a>. It was formed following the <a href="page.php?w=Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union">dissolution</a> of the <a href="page.php?w=Soviet_Union">Soviet Union</a> in 1991. It covers an area of 20,368,759 km2 and has an estimated population of 246,200,194. The CIS encourages cooperation in economic, political, and military affairs and has certain powers</p><p>
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