"A car is not a luxury - down with excise tax!" – Kyiv’s Hrushevskoho Str. blocked by protesting users of foreign-registered cars. VIDEO&PHOTOS. VIDEO&PHOTOS

Users of cars with foreign registration plates gathered in downtown Kyiv to hold a rally in the city’s government quarter this morning.

As reported by a correspondent for Censor.NET from the scene, the protesters’ main demand is that the excise tax for imported cars be reduced.

Video by Oleh Bohachuk, Censor.NET

Early on Nov. 20, those who brought to Ukraine cars registered abroad without clearing them through customs blocked the government quarter of Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv, namely Hrushevskoho Str. from its intersection with Kripostnyi lane to the intersection with Shovkovychna Str.

They demand affordable customs clearance rates for their cars. In particular, they insist on the abolition of bills adopted earlier to settle this issue or amending them so that they reduce excise tax.