Thursday, May 21, 2015

Activists of the “financial Maidan” decided to spend the night at the building of the Verkhovna Rada – RBC

Activists of the “financial Maidan” hold a rally near the building of Verkhovna Rada in Kiev in support of the law 1558-1 “On the restructuring of liabilities on loans in foreign currency »

Photo: REUTERS 2015

About 40 protesters so-called” fiscal Maidan “decided to stay overnight at the building of the Verkhovna Rada It transmits 112.ua. Throughout the day, several hundred people held a rally outside the parliament building, demanding a bill on the restructuring of foreign currency loans.

The action of foreign currency borrowers took quite noisy: they shouted, banging bottles over the fence and thrown to the entrance of the building are pleased sticks and empty bottles. Protesters have also been several clashes with law enforcers. In the midst of the action, protesters set fire to tires in front of the parliament, but they were soon extinguished.

The majority of the protesters had left the evening Constitution Square near the parliament building, said Interfax. The number of law enforcement officers on the site of the rally also decreased, the agency said. Public utilities are now removed burned tires roadway. Activists is not allowed to bring technology and attributes: flags and drums, which knocked the protesters.

have decided to spend the night in the city center are building a place to sleep in boxes, travel and blankets. Near the parliament building and fewer law enforcement officers. At the same time, as noted 112.ua, part of the activists went home for warm clothes and going back to the place of the meeting.

Several protesters earlier hunger strike, which continued to the fourth day. They were regularly monitored ambulance staff.

According to the MOI, the duty of the received information on the two burn victims during clashes activists and law enforcement officers on the street Grushevskogo. Injured and police: four were taken to hospital. In total, according to law enforcement, in the action involved about 300 people.

Earlier UNN reported that several activists of “financial Maidan” broke into the building of the Verkhovna Rada. In the box where sat aides people’s deputies, they were able to put up some posters protesters.

A draft law on the restructuring of foreign currency debt has been put on the agenda Rada on Thursday. But deputies were not able to document: they supported it in the second reading, but did not support a whole because of the lack of necessary number of votes, says RBC-Ukraine. Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Groisman offered to send a document to the third reading, writes “Ukrainian Truth».

The document should oblige banks and other financial institutions of Ukraine on the written request of citizens who have outstanding obligations under the loan agreements in foreign currency, 1 month to restructure the obligations under the credit agreement. The debt is converted at the official rate of the National Bank on the day of the contract. Restructuring is required for all consumer loans obtained for the acquisition of any property, as well as an unlimited amount of debt.

Earlier, the currency borrowers have tried to achieve a restructuring of its debt. For example, in February, they held a demonstration near the walls of the National Bank of Ukraine.

currency borrowers in Russia also held several protests to the same requirement. Rallies were held from the end of December 2014 in Gorky Park. In April, several people protesting against the lack of action on their problem began a hunger strike.

April 16 during a straight line, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that people who have chosen currency mortgages, have themselves taken the risks of exchange rate differences . According to the President, we must help those who got into a difficult situation, for example, lost his job.

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