Armenia's movement has been unusual also for its lack of a geopolitical element, unlike in Georgia and Ukraine in recent years. In the latter two nations' so-called color revolutions — the Rose Revolution in Georgia and the Orange Revolution in Ukraine — Russia's interests came in conflict with those of the West, particularly the United States, which sought to bring both of those former Soviet states closer to the European Union.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 08, 2018 00:22 UTC