@Matteush reads tweets marked with the #kat_ua [1] hashtag, concludes [2] (UKR) that “the whole country has risen to protest bandit tax code”: rallies and strikes by entrepreneurs are taking place in (UKR, RUS) Chernivtsi [3], Rivne [4], Odessa [5], Lutsk [6], Kharkiv [7], Lviv [8]. In Kyiv, some 30,000 are said to have gathered [9] at Maidan, and many more are still arriving; live broadcast is here [10], live updates (UKR) and photos – here [11]. @Outofscope writes this [12] (RUS) to protesters who are still on their way to the rally: “It's cold at Maidan, dress warm!”
Ukraine: Entrepreneurs Renew Mass Protests
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
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