In February 1994, the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member States announced a competition to create flag designs and logos The Commonwealth.
More than a hundred sketches were submitted to the competition. The jury selected several works, of which they preferred the current emblem and flag.
Their author was the artist Grigoriev Alexander Vasilyevich, now an associate professor of the departments of Decorative and Applied Arts and folk crafts, a member of the Academic Council of the St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technology and Design, a member of the Union of Designers of Russia.
On January 19, 1996, the regulations on the emblem of the Commonwealth were approved.
Under the symbols of the CIS, meetings of all bodies of the Commonwealth and key events are held with the participation of politicians, youth organizations, economists, athletes, military personnel, cultural representatives, and so on. The CIS flag is recognized worldwide as a symbol of friendship.