Independent States 2010-AUG-29

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2010-AUG-29

ARMENIA (Erevan)	Republic of ARMENIA :	President Serge Sarkisyan
AZERBAIJAN (Baku)	Republic of AZERBAIJAN :	President Iham Aliyev
BELARUS (Minsk)	Republic of BELARUS :	President Alexander Lukashenko
KYRGYZSTAN (Bishkek)	KYRGYZ Republic :	Roza Otunbayeva
KAZAKHSTAN (Astana ^a)	Republic of KAZAKHSTAN :	President Elbashy Nursultan Nazarbayev
MOLDOVA (Chisinau)	Republic of MOLDOVA :	Mihai Ghimpu
RUSSIA (Moscow ^a + Saint Petersburg ^d)	Russian Federation : RF :	President Dmitry Medvedev
INDEPENDENT STATES (Minsk + Moscow)	Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS :	Secretary Sergey Lebedev
TAJIKISTAN (Dushanbe)	Republic of TAJIKISTAN :	President Emomali Rakhmonov
UKRAINE (Kiev)	State of UKRAINE :	President Viktor Yanukovich
UZBEKISTAN (Tashkent ^a + Durman ^r)	Republic of UZBEKISTAN :	President Islam Karimov

Other Entities with similar names

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

(Erevan) - (Baku) - (Minsk) - (Bishkek) - (Astana ^a) - (Chisinau) - (Moscow ^a + Saint Petersburg ^d) - (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)	Emblem or Symbol*

President Serge Sarkisyan
(ruler of ARMENIA since 2008-04-09)

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

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

Roza Otunbayeva
(ruler of KYRGYZSTAN since 2010-04-07)

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

Mihai Ghimpu
(ruler of MOLDOVA since 2009-09-11)

President Dmitry Medvedev
(ruler of RUSSIA since 2008-05-07)

Secretary Sergey Lebedev
(ruler of INDEPENDENT STATES since 2007-10-05)

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

President Viktor Yanukovich
(ruler of UKRAINE since 2010-02-25)

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





Capitals & administrative places*:	Minsk + Moscow (Minsk + Moskva)
Official & national languages:	*Russian (ru) .*

Mainland:

INDEPENDENT STATES

Commonwealth of Independent States : CIS (Minsk + Moscow)

2 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)

3 Assisted Countries

ABKHAZIA

ABKHAZIAN Republic [Russian Military Assistance] (Sukhumi)

President Sergey Bagapsh

SOUTH OSSETIA

Republic of SOUTH OSSETIA [Russian Military Assistance] (Tskhinvali)

President Eduard Kokoity

TRANSNISTRIA

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

President Igor Smirnov

Military entities abroad, special or locally shared:

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)