How to make the CIS a succesfull bloc?

First of all, I'm not saying that the community of independent states is a failure, but I think we all can agree that is dissapointing, so I came up with this question, how to make the CIS a eastern european union, or at least make it a more solid bloc than it is now? The POD must be after the final breakup of the soviet union

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The sole purpose of the CIS was to provide a figleaf while each country went it's own way. The only countries actually interested in working together were Russia and Belarus. In order for the CIS to become a real organization and have real authority, there needs to be so many changes that I can't even figure out how to potentially do it, much less make it plausible.
 
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