The participants of the "financial Maidan" at the building set aggressive Happy

The participants of the "financial Maidan" again lit the tires near the building of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine After the vote of the deputies a draft law to restructure foreign currency loans. Protesters set aggressive, but as long as the police keep the situation under control.

Thus They responded to the desire of people's deputies to send a draft law in third reading. Then the Protesters began throwing in the direction of the Parliament building, plastic bottles and prevent the firefighters to extinguish burning tires. Employees of the police Department protect the fire truck to prevent the protesters to her.

Now the tires continue to burn and near Rada black puff of smoke. There was a small scuffle between protesters and police. Firefighters from behind the police cordon trying to extinguish the fire. Protesters set aggressive, shouting profanities at the address of the deputies who reviewed the draft law. The majority of active participants are placed behind the fence that separates the street from the building Happy. Police are in helmets, body armor, but no shields.

before the Activists of the event have already attempted to light the tires, However, the militiamen turned their stew.

Authorized "financial Maidan" is not one month hold meetings in Kiev and among them near the buildings of the national Bank of Ukraine and the Parliament. They demand to return money to depositors of distressed credit institutions, as well as stands for the resignation of the head of the NBU Valeria Gontareva. Protesters repeatedly blocked the traffic on the Central streets of Kiev. Yesterday it was announced that the eleven commissioners "financial Maidan" for about one day holding a protest hunger strike near Parliament.

in the end, the devaluation of the hryvnia in the last year had taken significant rise in foreign currency loans. First demonstration of disagreement borrowers began in the spring of last year and continued to date for this period of time was adopted the law on the moratorium on collection of property of citizens of Ukraine, provided as collateral for loans in foreign currency. However, Participants reported that banks continue pressure and confiscate the borrowers property. First, the devaluation of the Ukrainian national currency Occurred in 2008 and was the result of the global financial fall. Then, the hryvnia has depreciated by almost 2 times, and the authorities have forbidden to grant loans in foreign currency. So, currency borrowers are citizens who have taken loans even before 2008 at the rate of 5 per dollar. In the last year of their debt in hryvnia equivalent grew again. Currently the rate is More than twenty hryvnia per dollar.


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