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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
''
.
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