The Warriors-Internationalists Affairs Committee is a central organization for participants of local wars of CIS

CIS

CIS usually refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, a modern political entity consisting of eleven former Soviet Union republics.The acronym CIS may also refer to:-Organizations:...

 that provides relationship between public organizations and state structures. The Chairman of Committee is Ruslan Aushev

Ruslan Aushev

Ruslan Sultanovich Aushev was the president of Ingushetia from March 1993 to December 2001. He was reportedly the youngest officer in the Soviet army to reach the rank of Lieutenant General. He received the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union on May 7, 1982...

 since August 1991.

Committee activities

In November 2007, during the Moscow conference "The role and place of veterans' organizations of Russia and the United States in developing and strengthening international cooperation" the Declaration of Cooperation Between the Warriors-Internationalists Affairs Committee and Veterans of Foreign Wars

Veterans of Foreign Wars

The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is a congressionally chartered war veterans organization in the United States. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, VFW currently has 1.5 million members belonging to 7,644 posts, and is the largest American organization of combat...

 was adopted.

The Warriors-Internationalists Affairs Committee is involved in returning former POWs from Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 to Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, as well as searching for and identifying Soviet soldiers that went missing during local wars or international conflicts. Each year, the Committee organizes two to three search expeditions in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 to return home the captives or the remains of perished soldiers. The Committee gathers information on the crash site of the Il-76 got down on 1979-12-26 and the details of the Badaber uprising

Badaber Uprising

Badaber Uprising was an armed uprising by Soviet Union and Republic of Afghanistan captives held at the Badaber fortress-jail in Pakistan on April 26 and 27, 1985, against much larger units of Pakistan's regular army accompanied by Afghan mujahideen. The attempt of the captives to liberate...

 in 1985. In May 2008, the 12th search expedition, under the leadership of Rashid Karimov, returned from Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 with the purpose to do not only establish the truth, but to determine the place of burial of remains of former Soviet prisoners of war as well.