Cassette Scandal
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The Cassette Scandal, also known as Tapegate or Kuchmagate, was a 2000 political scandal and political crisis in Ukraine caused by the emergence of recordings, alleged by former presidential bodyguard
Georgiy Gongadze, journalist, founder of a popular Internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, who was kidnapped and murdered in 2000.
People's Deputies Oleksandr Moroz (right) and Yuriy Lutsenko playing recordings in the Verkhovna Rada, 28 November 2000
Prior to the scandal, Leonid Kuchma (on left) pursued European integration due to a mutual distrust of Russia
After the scandal, Kuchma pursued increased relations with Russia, granting several economic concessions during a February 2001 summit (pictured)
Orange Revolution
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The Orange Revolution was a series of protests that led to political upheaval in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005. It gained momentum primarily due to the initiative of the general popu
Cassette Scandal
…youth radicalisation, the growth of civil society and non-governmental organisations and the cooperation of national democrats with leftists, led to the Orange Revolution. Multiple individuals, including Kuchma, have been tried for their role in the scandal, though Kuchma's trial ended after the Constitutional Court of…
Orange-clad demonstrators gather in the Independence Square in Kyiv on 22 November 2004.
Viktor Yushchenko, Yanukovych's antagonist
Viktor Yanukovych, Yushchenko's main opposition
Protest during the Orange Revolution