Original sentence: Between 2003 and 2005, the leaderships of three CIS member states were toppled in peaceful "color revolutions": Eduard Shevardnadze in Georgia, Leonid Kuchma in Ukraine, and, lastly, Askar Akayev in Kyrgyzstan.In Ukraine especially, the new authorities have swapped their predecessors’ pro-Kremlin allegiance for a clearly pro-Western stance, while the new government of Georgia has likewise taken a pro-Western and anti-Kremlin stance.One of the closest allies of Russia, the authoritarian leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenka, said during his summit with Vladimir Putin that "CIS is undergoing most critical phase of its history" and is under risk to be dissolved or lose all significance to the member states.Putin said that the CIS was only created “to allow a civilized divorce” between the Soviet republics and “never had economic super-tasks”
Edited sentence: Even the closest ally of Russia, the authoritarian leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenka said during his summit with Vladimir Putin that "CIS is undergoing most critical phase of its history" and is under risk to be dissolved or lose all significance to the member states.In 2003-2005, three faithful Kremlin allies were toppled in peaceful revolutions: Eduard Shevardnadze in Georgia, Leonid Kuchma in Ukraine, and, lastly, Askar Akayev in Kyrgyzstan.In Georgia and Ukraine, the new authorities have swapped their predecessors’ pro-Kremlin allegiance for a clearly pro-Western stance.Still the 12 members of the CIS share centuries of co-existence withing Imperial Russia and later Soviet Union, and so have much in common.The CIS was only created “to allow a civilized divorce” between the Soviet republics and “never had economic super-tasks,” Putin said