The Economist: Viktor’s Day
A court ruling in Ukraine on March 28th further erodes not only the Orange revolution’s political gains, but its symbols.Celebrated on November 22nd, the anniversary of the Orange Revolution, Freedom Day (or Den Svobody in Ukrainian) is a holiday created by President Viktor Yushchenko in 2005 to mark the “historic significance of the revolutionary events of autumn 2004”. Every year, crowds have reassembled on Kyiv's Maidan to commemorate the political victory, and by implication to denounce electoral fraud, abuse of power and interference from Russia.
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