FX.co ★ The large-scale protest action was held in Minsk

Last Friday, on February 17, the large-scale protest action was held in Minsk. It was the first strike of such a scale, taken place in Belarus.

More than 2 000 people came to the city streets. The participants of the unauthorized march protested against the so-called tax on parasites.

The protesters were walking along Independence Avenue to the building of the Ministry of Taxes and Assessments.

During the rally the protesters burned the tax receipts around the building of the Ministry of Taxes and Assessments. The citizens actively demonstrated their opposition to the recently adopted law providing for tax on non-employed people.

The oppositional politicians, including Mikola Statkevich, who ran for the presidency of Belarus seven years ago, took part in the protest acton. He read out a number of requirements, imposed by the protesters to the nation's leadership.