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The Orange revolution as geopolitical phenomenon The «Orange revolution» was one of the «velvet revolutions» which democratized since 2000 several countries of the Eastern Europe and of the CIS. This revolution was staged by the youth movement « Pora» which was financed and trained by US NGOs and foundations, relays of influence of Washington. The new president Viktor Yushchenko turned Ukraine towards the US and the EU. Ukraine is fragilized by the rivalry between US and Russia and by the division between the pro-Western and pro-Russian Ukrainians. After 2004, «Pora» joined a transnational structure – «Velvet Internationale», composed of a ten of youth movements of the Eastern Europe and of the CIS. Its aim is to democratize the authoritarian regimes and dictatorships of the CIS.