The leaders of Russia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Belarus">Belarus</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> sign an <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belovezh_Accords" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Belovezh Accords">agreement</a> dissolving the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and establishing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commonwealth of Independent States">Commonwealth of Independent States</a>.