Colour revolution

Colour revolutions
Colour revolutions
Part of Protests against democratic backsliding
Date	5 October 2000 onwards
Location	Post-Soviet states, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (today Serbia and Montenegro)
Caused by	Authoritarianism; Electoral fraud; Human rights violations; Kleptocracy; Political corruption;
Methods	Civil disobedience; Civil disorder; Internet activism; Nonviolent resistance; Political demonstration; Student activism;
Resulted in	Establishment of new governments (in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Yugoslavia, and Ukraine); Violent suppression of protests (in Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan); Spread of liberal democracy in the former Soviet Union; Failure of post-revolution governments to substantially reduce corruption; A resurgence in anti-Americanism and jingoism in post-Soviet Russia;

The colour revolutions (also spelt color revolutions) are a series of often non-violent protests and accompanying (attempted or successful) changes of government and society taking place in post-Soviet states (particularly Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan) and the former Yugoslavia during the 21st century. The aim of the colour revolutions is to establish Western-style democracies. They were primarily triggered by election results widely viewed as falsified. The colour revolutions are marked by the use of the internet as a method of communication, as well as a strong role of non-governmental organizations in the protests.

Some of these movements have been successful in their goal of removing the government, such as:

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's Bulldozer Revolution (2000)
Georgia's Rose Revolution (2003)
Ukraine's Orange Revolution (2004)
Kyrgyzstan's Tulip Revolution (2005)
Armenia's Velvet Revolution (2018).

They have been described by political scientists Valerie Jane Bunce and Seva Gunitsky as a "wave of democracy", between the Revolutions of 1989 and the 2010–2012 Arab Spring.

Russia, China, and Iran have accused the Western world of orchestrating colour revolutions to expand its influence.