<P> Although Ukraine was one of the founding countries and ratified the Creation Agreement in December 1991, Ukraine chose not to ratify the CIS Charter as it disagrees with Russia being the only legal successor state to the Soviet Union . Thus it does not regard itself as a member of the CIS . In 1993, Ukraine became an "Associate Member" of CIS . On 14 March 2014, a bill was introduced to Ukraine's parliament to denounce their ratification of the 1991 Agreement Establishing the CIS, following the Russian military intervention in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea, but was never approved . Following the 2014 parliamentary election, a new bill to denounce the CIS agreement was introduced . In September 2015, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed Ukraine will continue taking part in CIS "on a selective basis". Since that month, Ukraine has had no representatives in the CIS Executive Committee building . In April 2018, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko indicated that Ukraine would formally leave the CIS . On 19 May 2018, President Poroshenko signed a decree formally ending Ukraine's participation in the CIS . </P> <P> In light of Russia's support for the independence of breakaway regions within Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine, as well as its violation of the Istanbul Agreement (see Adapted Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty), legislative initiatives to denounce the agreement on the creation of CIS were tabled in Moldova's parliament on 25 March 2014, though they were not approved . A similar bill was proposed in January 2018 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Agreement / protocol ratified </Th> <Th> Charter ratified </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Azerbaijan </Td> <Td> 000000001993 - 09 - 24 - 0000 24 September 1993 </Td> <Td> 000000001993 - 09 - 24 - 0000 24 September 1993 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belarus </Td> <Td> 000000001991 - 12 - 10 - 0000 10 December 1991 </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 01 - 18 - 0000 18 January 1994 </Td> <Td> Founding state </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kazakhstan </Td> <Td> 000000001991 - 12 - 23 - 0000 23 December 1991 </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 04 - 20 - 0000 20 April 1994 </Td> <Td> Founding state </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kyrgyzstan </Td> <Td> 000000001992 - 03 - 06 - 0000 6 March 1992 </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 04 - 12 - 0000 12 April 1994 </Td> <Td> Founding state </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Armenia </Td> <Td> 000000001992 - 02 - 18 - 0000 18 February 1992 </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 03 - 16 - 0000 16 March 1994 </Td> <Td> Founding state </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Moldova </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 04 - 08 - 0000 8 April 1994 </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 04 - 15 - 0000 15 April 1994 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Russia </Td> <Td> 000000001991 - 12 - 12 - 0000 12 December 1991 </Td> <Td> 000000001993 - 07 - 20 - 0000 20 July 1993 </Td> <Td> Founding state </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tajikistan </Td> <Td> 000000001993 - 06 - 26 - 0000 26 June 1993 </Td> <Td> 000000001993 - 08 - 04 - 0000 4 August 1993 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Uzbekistan </Td> <Td> 000000001992 - 01 - 04 - 0000 4 January 1992 </Td> <Td> 000000001994 - 02 - 09 - 0000 9 February 1994 </Td> <Td> Founding state </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Agreement / protocol ratified </Th> <Th> Charter ratified </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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