Question: what are the cis states?
Answer: Established. 1991.
Membership. 12 States — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Background. ... 
CIS Collective Security Council. ... 
Verification and Compliance. ... 
Developments. ... 
Point of Contact.