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The initial will of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) leaders in the early 1990s to maintain a border-free regime for their citizens fell short due to lack of political action, continuous disintegration between former Soviet republics, security concerns and differing levels of economic development, resulting in irregular migration to economically more stable CIS members. It is therefore to believe that the integration in the framework of common market, with the participation of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, might be the most efficient one with regard to free movement of their citizens and a favorable regime for migrant workers.