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Eight years ago this month, an inspiring movement took hold in Ukraine. After the 2004 presidential election, demonstrators filled the streets to protest a vote marred by fraud and corruption in what came to be known as the Orange Revolution. A runoff election was annulled, a new vote was ordered by the courts, and the second runoff was deemed free and fair. People power worked. 

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