Introduction
Premises, Origin and Scope of Regional Integration Agreements in the CIS Area: The Commonwealth of Independent States
The Eurasian Economic Union
The Union State of Russia and Belarus
The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development
GUAM
The Scope and the State of Institutional Integration Within the CIS Area
The Economic Environment for Regional Integration of the CIS Countries: The Economic Situation of Particular Countries Researched
Intensity of Trade in the CIS Area
The Scope of Trade Integration of CIS Countries
Selected Non-economic Factors of the Regional Integration of the CIS Countries: Directions of Constitutional Changes in the Context of Relations Between State Authorities
Concepts of Political Leadership in the CIS Region
Key Vectors of Foreign Policy in Countries of the CIS Region
Sources and Consequences of Major Domestic and International Conflicts in the CIS Area
The Model of Economic and Political Relations and Regional Integration Processes in the CIS Area: Russian Federation
Eastern European Post-soviet Countries
South Caucasus Countries
Central Asian Post-soviet Countries
Conclusions.