CIS countries12 Feb 2016 07:21
A while since I've heard that collective expression - it's mostly the 'Stans
At its conception it consisted of ten former Soviet Republics: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
The nations of Azerbaijan and Georgia later joined the association in 1993. Turkmenistan since left.
So, includes Russia.