A meeting of the Council of the heads of government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), chaired by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, will be held in Moscow on Thursday.
The prime ministers plan to discuss the development of trade and economic relations amid sanctions pressure.
The agenda of the meeting, as reported by the Russian cabinet, includes issues of expanding trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation in the CIS.
The CIS is a loose association of former Soviet republics.
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