During the survey, residents of Vardenis talked about security and social problems, as well as the upcoming parliamentary elections.

• Turks are our enemy, our enemy, our “adversary”. They don’t want the good of Armenians. When making friends with a dog, you have to keep a stick, the enemy remains an enemy, do whatever you want… We need to protect the borders, we need to furnish the borders well, strengthen them and have weapons.

• The people are in poverty, people barely survive…

• There is no one who dominates the villages of Vardenis, Ani’s ruins are pits, neither shoes nor cars…

• I am the father of four children, but I do not know what will be the fate of our child.

• The future prime minister of Armenia must be a strong person.

• The next prime minister should not think about his pocket, but about the people and generations.

• How to live now…people are leaving, they don’t know what to do due to the uncertainty of the future…

• That I have to work and pay off the loans, what will be left for us… the situation of small-medium businesses is difficult…

• The authorities are quietly, without words, slowly emptying Vardenis and the villages… a special plan is being made for people to leave…

• They make everything more expensive…

• We have been standing near the store for several hours, there is no trade, no people. They buy goods, but since there is no trade, everything expires.

• I would like them to lower the taxes a little, to pay attention to this medium and small business. At least they will lower the tax threshold a little so that we can get out from under that tax…

• Businesses close, people’s years of work, years of sweat are lost, everything closes.

• Everything was closed near us, there was a passport desk, they also closed it, why do we have to go to Martuni and stand in line for hours for a passport? They also closed the bank…

• There is no job here. There is no one who cares about us. Today’s 10,000 AMD is barely enough for one day’s food. Այն ժամանակ 10000 դրամով կարող էիր մեկ շաբաթ ապրել, հիմիկվա 10000 դրամով կարաս ապրես 1 օր։ Ամեն ինչը թանկացնում է, 10000 ավելացնում է, ասում է` դե ապրեք… Իշխանությունը թող գները էժանացնի, էդ 10000-ը չբարձրացնի։ Մի՛ թանկացրու գները, էդ 10000 դրամն էլ քեզ պահիր… Ապագա չկա, դրանք միայն խոսքեր են, ուրիշ ոչինչ…

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