14 March 2006

«Orange revolutions» process fading.

CANOE—CNEWS.

Two key post-Soviet states, Belarus and Ukraine, head into elections this month amid dramatic accusations of planned coups, vote-fixing and outside interference.

But in sharp contrast to the previous cycle of elections in Russia's neighbourhood, which triggered tumultuous pro-democracy revolutions in Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan and sent the Kremlin into a panic, Moscow appears to be regarding the present scene with icy calm.

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