taking lessons from America?

the similarities are frightening:

Ukraine gripped by poll turmoil

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have thronged major cities, protesting at an election result they consider flawed.
Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko told supporters to stage a civil disobedience campaign.
The cities of Kiev and Lviv refused to recognise the official victory for Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.
While Russia accepted the result, a US observer alleged "concerted and forceful" fraud, and the EU called on Ukraine to review Sunday's election.

The central electoral commission said with more than 99% of the vote counted, Mr Yanukovych had 49.4% while Mr Yushchenko had 46.7%.
But the opposition says it has recorded many thousands of irregularities - including very high turnouts in government strongholds.

Exit polls earlier suggested that Mr Yushchenko had been on course for victory with a lead of at least six percentage points.

"The abuse of state resources in favour of the prime minister continued, as well as an overwhelming media bias in his favour," Mr George said. The group said Sunday's violations also included intimidation of observers and voters.

During the campaign, Mr Yushchenko, prime minister between 1999 and 2001, claimed to have been the victim of intimidation and dirty tricks, including an alleged poisoning attempt.

I guess the biggest difference is that these people are fighting back. I'm still not certain one way or another if our election was rigged, but it would be nice if people weren't apathetic about it!


UPDATE!

In a supreme example of Irony:

U.S. Threatens Punitive Steps Over Ukraine Election

I honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry over this!! The hypocrisy is unbelievable!!!!