RussiaRussia ‘Faces Orange Revolution Threat’ After Polls
The leaders of recent “For Fair Elections” protests in Russia are foreign-backed revolutionaries seeking to emulate the so-called color uprisings that rocked former Soviet republics in the 2000s, the organizer of an upcoming Anti-Orange rally said on Tuesday.
“They don’t need honest elections any longer and will not recognize the results of the March 4 presidential polls in any case,” rally organizer and TV anchor Sergei Kurginyan told a news conference. “They are threatening to bring thousands of people out on to the streets and paralyze Moscow.”
Kurginyan has gained prominence of late as a conservative figurehead and was one of the main speakers at a January 4 mass rally in Moscow by supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
“But this is just the beginning,” he went on. “They already say if you don’t want an Orange Revolution, then you’ll get a bloody one.”
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In an opinion poll carried out by the independent Levada Centre after Putin’s comments, 23 percent of Russian said they agreed the protests were being encouraged by the United States. Another 47 percent were unable to rule this out.
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