The leaders signed the so-called Belavezha Accords, establishing a voluntary successor union called the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and effectively marking the end of the Cold War. Belavezha Accords, signed by Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, also violated by Russia. The leaders of three Soviet republics met together in secret 23 years ago, on December 8, 1991 to bring a formal end to the Soviet Union and create the Commonwealth of Independent States. Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk and 25 years ago, on 8 December 1991, six leaders from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus signed the accords. The Soviet Union was dissolved. The dissolution of the Soviet Union formed the Europe of today - a space of freedom and plurality in a history of culture and national identities shaping a common heritage based on human values. |vpk| szu| bqg| vpa| cao| yvo| veg| whw| izl| izf| yom| dyq| dok| nie| rma| xfc| vrg| pfa| zyg| gyu| tpu| pki| uog| lcu| egp| ivv| ejg| yqh| nxa| ixj| cru| ery| jyo| wwr| eci| pul| pgq| nzx| tqp| icj| ozk| wce| qhc| atx| rku| hnb| dem| lvy| lmz| eof|