Ombudsman for the Protection of Small and Medium Businesses Anastasia Tatulova will leave her post because she “differed in views with the state”

Ombudsman for the Protection of Small and Medium Businesses Anastasia Tatulova wrote a letter of resignation from her position early. about this She told Forbes . This information was also confirmed to TASS by the press service of the Commissioner for the Protection of Entrepreneurs' Rights under President Boris Titov, who had also previously announced that he was leaving his post.

Tatulova explained the decision by saying that she “faced pressure on herself and her family,” “differed in views with the state on what needs to be done,” and was also “tired of solving entrepreneurs’ issues manually.”

Tatulova will finally leave when “all questions are transferred to the next volunteer.” Until this time, she will continue to discuss with the Central Bank and the Federal Tax Service issues on changing the tax system and help entrepreneurs who send requests to the telegram bot. According to her, with the beginning of the war in Ukraine, there were “much more letters.”

The entrepreneur took up the post of ombudsman for the protection of small and medium-sized businesses in July 2020, when her Anderson cafe chain was experiencing a crisis due to the coronavirus lockdown. Tatulova noted that the war has become a new test for Russian businessmen - in March, her sweets factory lost 65% of its profits.

On her Facebook page, Tatulova called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “tragedy” and a “terrible dark time.” On May 9, she wrote: “Let there be peace.” “This heresy about the fact that everything is fine with our production and import substitution has happened can only be accepted as truth by those who do not work with Russian production,” the ombudswoman also said.