Independent States 2005-AUG-26

Independent States 2005-AUG-26 - ethnia.org -

2005-AUG-26

ARMENIA (Erevan)	Republic of ARMENIA :	President Robert Kocharyan
AZERBAIJAN (Baku)	Republic of AZERBAIJAN :	President Iham Aliyev
BELARUS (Minsk)	Republic of BELARUS :	President Alexander Lukashenko
GEORGIA (Tbilisi)	Repubic of GEORGIA :	President Mikheil Saakashvili
KYRGYZSTAN (Bishkek)	KYRGYZ Republic :	President Kurmanbek Bakiyev
KAZAKHSTAN (Astana ^a)	Republic of KAZAKHSTAN :	President Nursultan Nazarbayev
MOLDOVA (Chisinau)	Republic of MOLDOVA :	President Vladimir Voronin
RUSSIA (Moscow)	Russian Federation : RF :	President Vladimir Putin
INDEPENDENT STATES (Minsk + Moscow)	Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS :	Secretary Vladimir Rushailo
TAJIKISTAN (Dushanbe)	Republic of TAJIKISTAN :	President Emomali Rakhmonov
UKRAINE (Kiev)	State of UKRAINE :	President Viktor Yushchenko
UZBEKISTAN (Tashkent ^a + Durman ^r)	Republic of UZBEKISTAN :	President Islam Karimov

Other Entities with similar names

ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN BELARUS GEORGIA KYRGYZSTAN KAZAKHSTAN MOLDOVA RUSSIA INDEPENDENT STATES TAJIKISTAN UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN

(Erevan) - (Baku) - (Minsk) - (Tbilisi) - (Bishkek) - (Astana ^a) - (Chisinau) - (Moscow) - (Minsk + Moscow) - (Dushanbe) - (Kiev) - (Tashkent ^a + Durman ^r) -

	Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS
Flag or Logo since 1996-01-19	Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv : SNG – Содружество Независимых Государств : СНГ (ru) + Müstəqil Dövlətlər Birliyi : MDB (az) + Sadružnasć Niezaliežnych Dziaržaŭ : SND – Садружнасць Незалежных Дзяржаў : СНД (be) + Hamagortsakts´ut´yun Ankakh Petut´yunner : HAP – Համագործակցություն Անկախ պետություններ : ՀԱՊ (hy) + Täuelsiz Memleketter Dostastığı : TMD – Тәуелсіз Мемлекеттер Достастығы : ТМД (kk) + Köz karandısız Mamleketter Şerikteştigi : KMŞ – Көз карандысыз Мамлекеттер Шериктештиги : КМШ (ky) + Comunitatea Statelor Independente : CSI – Kомунитатeа Стателор яндепенденте : КСЯ (mo) + Ittixodi Davlathoi Mustaqil IDM – Иттиходи Давлатҳои Мустақил : ИДМ (tg) + Spivdruzhnistʹ Nezalezhnykh Derzhav : SND – Співдружність Незалежних Держав : СНД (uk) + Mustaqil Davlatlar Hamdo´stligi : MDH – Мустақил Давлатлар Ҳамдўстлиги : МДҲ (uz)	Emblem or Symbol

President Robert Kocharyan
(ruler of ARMENIA since 1998-02-04)

President Iham Aliyev
(ruler of AZERBAIJAN since 2003-10-31)

President Alexander Lukashenko
(ruler of BELARUS since 1994-07-20)

President Mikheil Saakashvili
(ruler of GEORGIA since 2004-01-25)

President Kurmanbek Bakiyev
(ruler of KYRGYZSTAN since 2005-03-25)

President Nursultan Nazarbayev
(ruler of KAZAKHSTAN since 1989-06-22)

President Vladimir Voronin
(ruler of MOLDOVA since 2001-04-07)

President Vladimir Putin
(ruler of RUSSIA since 1999-12-31)

Secretary Vladimir Rushailo
(ruler of INDEPENDENT STATES since 2004-06-14)

President Emomali Rakhmonov
(ruler of TAJIKISTAN since 1992-11-19)

President Viktor Yushchenko
(ruler of UKRAINE since 2005-01-23)

President Islam Karimov
(ruler of UZBEKISTAN since 1989-06-23)





Capitals & administrative places:	Minsk + Moscow (Minsk + Moskva)
Official & national languages:	*Azeri (az) . Bielorussian (be) . Armenian (hy) . Kazakh (kk) . Kirghiz (ky) . Moldavian Romanian (mo) . Russian (ru) . Tajik Persian (tg) . Ukrainian (uk) . Uzbek (uz) .*

Mainland:

INDEPENDENT STATES

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS (Minsk + Moscow)

3 Condominiums:

DNIESTER VALLEY

Joint Control Commission of the DNIESTER VALLEY Security Zone [OSCE Mission to Moldova] (Bender)

Local:

Ob´yedinennaya Kontrol´naya Komissiya : Zona bezopasnosti DNESTR DOLINA – Объединенная Контрольная Комиссия : Зона безопасности ДНЕСТР ДОЛИНА (ru) + Comisia Unificată de Control : Zona de securitate al VĂII NISTRULUI – Кomисиa ЬЮнификaтă де Контрол : Zoнa де секьюритатэ аль ВAИИ НISTRЬЮЛЬЮИ (mo) (Bender)

SAIMAA CANAL AND MALY VYSOTSKY ISLAND

Zones of SAIMAA CANAL AND MALY VYSOTSKY ISLAND [Finnish Lease to Russia] (Saima Canal)

Local:

SAIMAAN KANAVA JA RAVANSAARI Alue (fi) + SAYMENSKIY KANAL I MALYY VYSOTSKIY OSTROV Zona : САЙМЕНСКИЙ КАНАЛ И МАЛЫЙ ВЫСОЦКИЙ ОСТРОВ Зона (ru) (Saimaan Kanava)

UNOMIG ZONE

United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia : UNOMIG (Gali)

Local:

United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia : UNOMIG (en) + Missiya Organizatsii Ob´yedinonnykh Natsiy po nablyudeniyu v Gruzii : MOONNG – Миссия Организации Объединённых Наций по Наблюдению в Грузии : МООННГ (ru) (Gal)

3 Assisted Countries

ABKHAZIA

ABKHAZIAN Republic (Sukhumi)

President Sergey Bagapsh

SOUTH OSSETIA

Republic of SOUTH OSSETIA [Nominally part of North Ossetia] (Tskhinvali)

President Eduard Kokoity

TRANSNISTRIA

Transnistrian Moldavian Republic : TMR [Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic : PMR] (Tiraspol)

President Igor Smirnov

Military entities abroad, special or locally shared:

AKHALKALAKI BASE

Russian Military Base of AKHALKALAKI (Akhalkalaki)

Local:

Baza AKHALKALAKI : База АХАЛКАЛАКИ (ru) (Akhalkalaki)

BATUMI BASE

Russian Military Base of BATUMI (Batumi Base)

Local:

Baza BATUMI : База БАТУМИ (tu) (Baza Batumi)

COBASNA

COBASNA Ammunition Depot (Cobasna)

Local:

KOLBASNA sklad boyepripasov : КОЛБАСНА склад боеприпасов (ru) + Sklad boyeprypasiv KOBASNA : Склад боєприпасів КОБАСНА (uk) + Depozit de muniții COBASNA : Депозит де муниции КОБАСНА (mo) (Cobasna)