Orange Revolution

Article

The court-ordered election rematch in Ukraine back in December 2004 which featured opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, probably would not have happened were it not for mobile phone technologies. The technologies – text messaging services in particular – enabled hundreds of thousands of youthful demonstrators to coordinate their activities and take to the streets of Kiev to contest the November election results.

Region

Europe

Country

Ukraine

Category

Governance/political

Organisation / Author

Space Daily

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