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Clashes between entrepreneurs and police have been reported amid a rally downtown Kyiv.
Representatives of the SaveFOP [Save Individual Entrepreneurs] movement were trying to put up tents on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), but the police did not allow them to do this.
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Protesters claim police officers used force and tear gas.
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Activists are trying to form a human chain to put up the tents.
Entrepreneurs' protests on December 15
- Entrepreneurs have been rallying in Kyiv's government quarter since morning. Traffic on Hrushevskoho Street is blocked.
- The protesters demand that the Verkhovna Rada consider and pass the proposed bills on simplified taxation for private entrepreneurs. They are also protesting against a possible lockdown.
Background
- Representatives of the SaveFOP movement regularly stage protests, demanding simplified taxation without cash registers for private entrepreneurs.
- The Verkhovna Rada on December 1 passed bill No. 4439-d postponing until January 1, 2022, the obligation for entrepreneurs working within the simplified taxation system to use cash registers.
- Nevertheless, protesters were not satisfied with the bill and they continue rallying, demanding more significant concessions.