During a short period of nine months, the joyful euphoria of many observers about the Orange Revolution in Ukraine gave way to shock and mixed emotion about the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan. Satisfaction with Moldova’s fair elections was followed by anger at the tragic May events in Uzbekistan. By late 2005, we came full circle, with deep concern arising regarding a new political crisis in Ukraine. All this stands before the background of strengthening autocratic tendencies in Russia. The chain of revolutions and political crises in Eurasian states, starting in Georgia in 2003, was not accidental. A new phase of socioeconomic and political development has begun in the post-Soviet space. […]
Memo #:
375
Series:
1
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