Pig’s funeral: Coffin brought to Ukraine parliament as hundreds protest new budget (VIDEO)

Pig’s funeral: Coffin brought to Ukraine parliament as hundreds protest new budget (VIDEO)

Activists who think that Ukraine’s 2016 budget screams death to the agricultural sector have brought a dead pig in a coffin to the Verkhovna Rada building in Kiev and held a mock funeral ceremony.

The angry protesting farmers and their supporters demand to keep a simplified tax system and special VAT rules for the agricultural sector in 2016, something the announced budget lacks as Ukraine has to comply with the demands of its lender, the International Monetary Fund.