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According to the website, Meduza, around 470,000 under-employed Belarussians must pay the so-called “social parasite” tax, which is 350 Belarusian rubles ($192). The country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, introduced the law in 2015. In response to mass outcry, on March 9, Lukashenko postponed the due date for payment of the tax for a year, saying that the legislation would remain in place but promising it would be amended.
full: http://muftah.org/mass-repression-returns-belarus-people-protest-unemployment-tax/
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