And as a result, immigrants from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are moving in.
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This group may become more lively than Russia's moribund imperial afterthought, the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Mr Berezovsky was sacked as executive secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States a week ago.
His main official post was running the Commonwealth of Independent States, a zombie-like shadow of the Soviet Union.
Prominent scholars, stakeholders and experts from the Commonwealth of Independent States, European and other countries are expected to participate in the meeting.
Even the Commonwealth of Independent States, a moribund, Russian-dominated talking-shop for most countries in the former Soviet Union, has shown a flicker of life.
The strategic partnership will both VTB and BTG to expand and establish a long-term presence in Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Latin America.
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His reputation as more 'pro-Russian' than his rival was based on his support for the Commonwealth of Independent States and a special 'Slavic Union' within it.
Georgia's decision to join the Commonwealth of Independent States and to request Russian military intervention is just the latest indication of the success of this strategy.
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In 2011, InterContinental Hotels revealed a plan to quintuple its offering with a total of 100 hotels in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by 2020.
Meeting as the Commonwealth of Independent States, the leaders spoke out in support of enhancing the role of the United Nations in the post-war reconstruction of Iraq.
Georgia is a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a collection of former Soviet Republics loosely tied to the Kremlin, but not necessarily happily so.
Russia has refused to enter into a treaty that would recognize the independence and present boundaries of Ukraine if it withdraws from the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Over the past few years Russia has tried to push Azerbaijan to allow Russian military bases and to join the Commonwealth of Independent States, the confederation of former Soviet republics.
He and his many representatives at the event also talked repeatedly about steps to develop Moscow as a financial center, including for the financial activities of some Commonwealth of Independent states.
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Monitors sent by the Commonwealth of Independent States (a post-Soviet talking shop based in Minsk) have verified scores of elections, including those in Ukraine and Belarus, which were condemned by more established institutions.
Witness Russia's insistence on March 5th that Boris Berezovsky, reputedly the richest and most powerful of the oligarchs, be sacked as secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the ailing heir of the Soviet Union.
In other words, it is not in dispute that the Commonwealth of Independent States and the U.S. government in 1991 were accurate when they declared that the Soviet Union had ceased to exist as a State.
CNN's Ryan Chilcote said that just over half the 553 Russians and 263 citizens from the Commonwealth of Independent States working on commercial contracts in Iraq were expected to leave -- the rest staying put for now.
Consider if someday an independent Quebec decided to invite the Russians to train and supply its army (France having long since gone bust in the new Euro Reich) and applied for associate membership of Russia's revived Commonwealth of Independent States.
To sum up, when the Kremlin opposes dissidents (inside the Russian Federation or members of the Commonwealth of Independent States), we see denial of service, SQL injections, and other types of cyber attacks including cyber espionage being conducted against those groups.
On the other hand, the Russian Federation and Commonwealth of Independent States have seen a sharp drop since the disappearance of the Soviet Union, due to the falling number of researchers and their ageing, while Russian universities struggle to attract new talent.
And while the talent is for VTB Capital invitees only, Podoinitsyna sees it as a way to help the newly restored theater develop new talents throughout the Commonwealth of Independent States and inside Russia and help keep Bolshoi relevant for years to come.
At a time of economic austerity and, in some cases, recession in the West, prospects for mobilizing large-scale, taxpayer-underwritten "new money" flows for Russia (and other Commonwealth of Independent States, or CIS, nations) from the United States and other Western nations will be exceedingly difficult.
Helen Clark, who will have meetings in Ankara, Istanbul, and Kars during her visit, will be accompanied by the Director of the Regional Bureau of UNDP for Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States, Ms. Kori Udovicki, and UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Turkey, Mr. Shahid Najam.
However, the RF is much more aggressive than the PRC in its use of non-state actors to conduct computer network attacks against internal political opponents as well as problematic states in the North Caucasus and members of the Commonwealth of Independent States such as Estonia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, and Lithuania.
As vividly depicted in the attached column by William Safire published in today's New York Times, Gorbachev is presently acting as the spoiler, the obstacle to the consolidation of a Commonwealth of Independent States -- a free alliance of sovereign nations explicitly designed to replace and terminate the old Soviet Union.
After all, he said, the international coalition is supposed to leave after its operation in Afghanistan is completed, whereas Russian forces in Kant which are part of the rapid-reaction forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States' Collective Security Treaty, which includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan and Tajikistan will be stationed in Kirgizstan on a permanent basis.
At the end of the meeting the Director-General paid a visit to the Director of the State Hermitage Museum, Mr. Mikhail Piotrovsky on further strengthening the ongoing cooperation between the Museum and UNESCO for the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Museum in 2013, as well as for regional capacity-building of museum professionals in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
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