白俄罗斯共和国、俄罗斯联邦和乌克兰三国领导人于1991年12月8日在明斯克签订了建立独立国家联合体协议。协议前言中写道:“我们,白俄罗斯共和国、俄罗斯联邦(РСФСР)、乌克兰作为签署1922年联盟条约的苏联创始国(以下简称缔约各方)确认,苏联作为国际法主体和地域政治实体停止存在”。接着协议指出:“三国领导人采取这一步骤是基于各国人民在彼此之间业已形成的联系中所产生的历史共同性,力求在相互承认和尊重主权、权利平等和互不干涉内政的原则基础上建立民主的法治国家和发展彼此的关系,认为进一步发展和加强友好和互利合作关系符合 The leaders of the Republics of Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine signed an agreement on establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States in Minsk on December 8, 1991. The preamble of the agreement reads: ”We, the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, as founding members of the Soviet Union that signed the 1922 Alliance Treaty, confirm that the Soviet Union ceased to exist as a main body of international law and as a geopolitical entity. “. Then the agreement states: ”The steps taken by the leaders of the three countries are based on the historical commonality created by peoples in their established relations with each other and in the principle of mutual recognition and respect for sovereignty, equality of rights and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs On the basis of establishing a democratic state under the rule of law and developing each other’s relations, we believe that further development and strengthening of friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation are in line with