Rise In Prices Created Panic

RISE IN PRICES CREATED PANIC

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[07:18 pm] 22 October, 2007

One could hardly find sugar in Yerevan shops. All shelves are empty,
and shop-assistants are unaware of reasons. We encountered the opposite
scene at "Yerevan City" supermarket on Tigran Mets Street.

A few sacks of sugar were lying in the corner of the shop with a
label 660 drams. Each sack contained three kilos of sugar. There
wasn’t any sugar buyer at the shop. We found a long line in front of
the supermarket. People elbowed way through the crowd to buy sugar
at 220 drams.

4-5 salesmen quickly weighed and handed sugar.

"They say sugar is cheaper here," they said.

One of the buyers suddenly remembered that sugar price had gone up
in the morning. "People are at a loss as sugar price has gone up all
of a sudden. You never know what may happen tomorrow," he said

Some shops sold sugar at 350-400 drams per a kilo.

When we tried to take a photo of the queue, the security guards
forbade and threatened us. We were able to take photos from the
opposite pavement.

To note, "Yerevan City" supermarkets belong to NA deputy Samvel
Alexanian.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS