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People gather outside the Ukrainian parliament on Dec. 1, 2020 to demand the end to pressure on individual entrepreneurs from the state and for the government to rescind a draft law canceling its simplified tax system.
Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin

Thousands of individuals entrepreneurs gathered in front of the Ukrainian parliament on Dec. 1 to call for an end to pressure on small and medium-sized business and demand the government rescind a draft law that would cancel the simplified tax system.

Small and medium-sized enterprises are already suffering after three weeks of a so-called “weekend lockdown,” which requires non-essential businesses to close down on Saturdays and Sundays. Now, the government is contemplating imposing another full lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19 in Ukraine.