Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States deals with the twelve independent republics that became members of the Commonwealth of Independent States following the collapse of the Soviet Union in December 1992.

The World Today Series 2012: Russia & the Commonwealth of Independent States; Contents; Introduction; Russian Federation; The Land and the People; History; Communist Era; Stalin's Cultural Counter-Revolution of the 1930s; The Post-Stalin Era; The Brezhnev Era; Government Transition; The Gorbachëv Era; An Independent Russia is Born; The Putin Presidency; Foreign Policy; Government of the Russian Federation; Constitution of the Russian Federation; Culture; The Changing Economy; The Commonwealth of Independent States; Collapse of the Soviet Union; Commonwealth of Independent States. Economy under the CISSome Regional Problems of the CIS; Western Republics; Belarus; Ukraine; Moldova; Transcaucasian Republics; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Central Asian Republics; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Bibliography.