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In November 2004, Ukraine’s pro-Russian prime minister, Viktor Yanukovych, tried to steal the country’s presidential election, triggering the Orange Revolution protests and reactions from the West. Then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell memorably went to the press briefing room and declared that the United States could not accept the results as legitimate. Current U.S. Secretary […]
Georgia’s pro-European president on Monday alleged that parliamentary polls – whose results have been rejected by the opposition – were marred by widespread voting fraud bearing the hallmarks of Russia’s influence, as tens of thousands took to the streets of the capital Tbilisi in response to opposition calls to protest against the “stolen election”. According […]