The "Yurt Revolution"?

Mongolians set it off

[image source]

There is post-election unrest in Mongolia (see here and here, via GVO). Regnum has decided that this is a "colored" revolution and has dubbed it the "yurt revolution"; a commenter at dirty.ru picks up on this idea and points to an article last week in the WSJ Asia (and the SPB Times, but not the WSJ proper as claimed by Regnum, unless you count the online edition) by an AEI expert expressing concern about Russia's influence in Mongolia, titled "Genghis Putin" (and with a title like that, naturally it was picked up by InoPressa).

RBC also uses the "yurt revolution" moniker and turns one WSJ Asia article into alleged concerns by "the American media" at large about the elections in Mongolia, citing unnamed "experts" in also concluding that the events are "reminiscent of the 'colored revolution' scenarios in Ukraine and Georgia."

Don't these people understand that when "the West" sides with a colored revolution, even one that fizzles, they at least have a name and fashion accessories all picked out beforehand? Anyone remember the "Denim Revolution"? The only English-language mentions on Google News of a "yurt revolution" are in reference to the events of 2005 in Kyrgyzstan (more commonly known as the "Tulip Revolution").

The apparent lack of a pre-planned press kit and branding strategy for the Mongolian rioters defenders of democracy is not, of course, conclusive evidence of a lack of Western involvement, but still... before drawing any conclusions, I'd prefer to wait for further developments, and for the guys at Registan to weigh in on this - after all, it's more their bailiwick than mine. But for now they're silent on the story - perhaps because half of their formidable brain trust is still recovering after Budapest.