EuroMaidan Revolution
Anne Applebaum: Ukraine shows the ‘color revolution’ model is dead
An anti-government protester waves an Ukranian flag behind a road block in Kiev on January 27, 2014. A Ukrainian government minister on January 27 warned protesters that a state of emergency could be imposed to deal with the country's deadly crisis, after radicals seized the justice ministry in Kiev. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
The Ukrainian parliament recently passed legislation directly modeled on Russian precedents. The laws curb demonstrations, using language broad enough to apply to almost any gathering. They criminalize “slander,” which might mean any criticism of the government. They require the members of any organization with any foreign funding, including the Greek Catholic Church, to register as “foreign agents,” which is to say spies. These laws were passed at night, with a show of hands. Deputies did not discuss them or, in some cases, even read them.
