The Multi-Vector Policy or Multi-Vector Doctrine is a foreign policy doctrine that seeks to maintain balanced and cooperative relations with multiple global powers rather than aligning exclusively wit
Russian president Vladimir Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev during a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma (right) with Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2003. The Multi-Vector Policy supported improved relations between Ukraine and Russia
The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional intergovernmental organisation of states in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It covers an area of 20,3
Signing of the Belovezha Accords, 8 December 1991
The 20–22 June 2000 CIS Summit
Representatives of Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and other states at the 20–22 June 2000 CIS Summit in Moscow
Meeting of CIS leaders in Bishkek, 2008