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Social | 23.07.10 | 15:49

Batumi or Bust?: Train tickets to Georgia's resorts are in high demand in Armenia

By Gayane Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Train tickets are the new breadline in 2010 Yerevan.

Like their komrades of the early 1990s queuing for loaves in the days of scarcity, residents eager to escape to the Black Sea for holiday gather as early as 5 a.m. at the railway station in Yerevan hoping to buy a ride to Batumi, Georgia.

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Antranig Pasha (unverified)
24.07.2010 16:40
It's not that the Armenians can't compete with the Georgians. It's that there's no competition in Armenia...only one mafia that doesn't like its lessor competitors. What would a million hidden cameras donated to Yerevan do to fight corruption? That's the best we can hope for. Without the freedom from corruption, we will never have another generation willing to sacrifice for nationalism and we will only welcome another 'red army' to save us from ourselves.
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