People pass by a press kiosk located at the intersection of Prorizna St. and Borys Grinchenko St. in Kyiv on June 9, 2021. As the demand for print press declines and the local authorities put the squeeze on press kiosks, they are forced to shut down.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has been vocal in his intention to limit the number of illegal small street shops, referred to in Kyiv as kiosks.
In Klitschko’s battle against illegal street commerce, the press kiosks that have been selling Kyiv its newspapers for almost a hundred years, are getting caught in the crossfire.