Election fraud by a post-Soviet president triggered the Georgian Rose Revolution.

Evidence

In Georgia three years later, the attempt of president (and former Soviet foreign minister) Eduard Shevardnadze to cook parliamentary elections stirred demonstrations led by the opposition parties. When demonstrators handed out roses to government troops, participants began to call their movement the β€œRose Revolution.” β€” Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1258

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim β€” Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1258
  • XREF: connects to: Eastern European color revolutions arose from stolen elections and foreign support. β€” Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 1260