2004年的总统大选结果亚努科维奇就曾试图弄虚作假，结果激起了橙色革命，最后因为乌克兰总统列昂尼德·库奇马没有理会亚努科维奇的要求用暴力保住作弊赢得的大选，才得以取得一个和平、真实的结果。
Yanukovych was the man who sought to falsify the result of the presidential election of 2004, inciting the Orange Revolution. Back then, a peaceful and honest result was reached in the end because Ukraine’s President Leonid Kuchma refused to heed Yanukovych’s call to use violence to defend his rigged election.