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The Orange Revolution ( ) was a series of protests and political events that took place Process_start in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005 , in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election Choosing , which was claimed Statement to be marred Damaging by massive corruption , voter intimidation and electoral fraud .

The protests were prompted by reports from several domestic and foreign election Choosing monitors as well as the widespread public perception that the results of the run-off vote of 21 November 2004 between leading candidates Viktor Yushchenko and Viktor Yanukovych were rigged by the authorities in favour of the latter .

The nationwide protests succeeded when the results of the original run-off were annulled , and a revote was ordered Arranging by Ukraine 's Supreme Court for 26 December 2004 .

Under intense scrutiny by domestic and international observers , the second run-off was declared Expressing_publicly to be `` fair and free '' .

Around 60 tons of dead fish washed up in a lagoon in Rio de Janeiro beginning Process_start in January , possibly as a result of local ocean anoxia caused Causation by algal blooms triggered Causation by increased eutrophication from the excess run-off Motion produced Creating by the flooding Motion .