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Listen to an Unprofessional Ukrainian
I remember meeting my brother at the kamvolni. His face streaked with blood, one eye swollen, clothes torn...Read More »
KGB stayed the KGB: “Talk to the nachalnik, then take a walk”
“The chance to speak Russian without an accent” — that’s how the chief explained his curiosity about our company. We, for our part, admitted that we’d never before shared a table with an officer of the Russian FSB.Read More »
Not everybody can become an entrepreneur: Shamshadin
“The only thing this government has done right is asphalt.”Read More »
‘Sew Faster’ at Gunpoint: Indian Workers Strike at Ijevan Factory
Workers both live and work on-site, under continuous surveillance—more than 40 cameras are installed throughout the premises...Read More »
Demarcation on the Ground: Along Armenia’s Tavush
In Shamshadin, people want the borders to reopen. In Azatamut, they prefer things to stay as they are. One thing is clear: it won’t be like it was before 1987..Read More »
I’m a Workaholic. It’s Like Alcoholic, But For Work
Through foraging, Anahit raised four children and put three of them through higher education — “exclusively thanks to nature”..Read More »
The Allure of the Armash Lakes
Mary and I went down to Yeraskh, the last village in the Ararat Valley, right on the border with Nakhichevan...Read More »
Zangezur Mine Workers Demand Pay Raises, Strike Enters Third Day
Armenia’s largest mine, the Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine (ZCMC), has been at a standstill for three days as workers have gone on strike.Read More »
My friends feel closer to me than my family
Single people displaced from Karabakh have no way to find housing even in remote villages in Armenia. There...Read More »
My Mom, Too, Had Four Children
- Did you marry loving? - Respect grows into understanding each other. Love emerges with time, I guess. As a matter of fact, I didn't understand what the word love is. Read More »