Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life,

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I'm Keith Simon. The war between Russia and Ukraine has been in the

news for quite some time now. Did you know that this is not the first time that

Ukraine has had trouble with Russia.

All the way back in 2004 Ukraine experienced something called the Orange Revolution.

Philip Yancey tells the story about an unlikely hero during that revolution.

Let me set the scene for you.

Like other members of the Soviet Union, Ukraine moved toward democracy as the Soviet Empire

collapsed, though in Ukraine the democracy advanced at a very, very slow pace.

If you think our elections are dirty, consider what happened when the Ukrainian reformer

Victor Yushenko dared to challenge the entrenched party.

He nearly died from a suspicious case of dioxin poisoning.

Against all advice, Yushin weakened and his face permanently disfigured by the poison remained in the race.

On the election day the exit poll showed him with a 10% lead, but through outright fraud,

the government managed to reverse the results.

So the state-run television station reported,

ladies and gentlemen, we announced that the challenger

Victor Yushchenko has been decisively defeated.

However, the government authorities had not considered one feature of Ukrainian

television, and that is that it provides a translation for the hearing impaired.

So inside the big picture that people watched on their televisions,

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