vendors' strike in minsk

vendors are protesting a new VAT on russian imports (which is pretty much everything they sell), which hits the independent kiosk vendors hardest. please forgive the interesting english of the article. kiosks are where you get most anything in minsk. from food to toys to clothes to household items to, well, lots of beer... the 'dinamo' market mentioned in the article is a big soccer stadium in the middle of town that functions as its kiosk-lined open-air main marketplace. the interesting thing is that this is the third day of a strike. in belarus. not the sort of thing you expect to last there, at all. i just wonder if people are getting tired of swallowing every pill they're given, and after seeing what happened just south of them, maybe they are inspired to do more. don't know where it would go, and surely it's an inconvenience for folks who need toilet paper at the moment, but it seems an encouraging sign.