Great article! What is sad that Armenians outside don not have any real picture what is going on inside. Since LTP was president nothing changed. Mafia is growing and growing. New president covers dark affairs of previous. Deputies buy houses in West and live with their families outside coming sometimes to Armenia to vote for something they don't care. During last 20 years of "democracy" more than one million of Armenians left Armenia. I think everybody can count how many Armenians will leave in Armenia next 20 years, since only 1 mln. and 800 thousands left in Armenia. Let think real who really cares about Armenia! It is obvious that not current politicians or previous LTP...

Send the smart ass back home to write articles on recession in the US and war in Iraq. Enough of hired hacks on a diasporan buck.

John as usual, well done article with a ttwist of sarcasm. Although your years in Armenia are showing, your writings are beging to sound a bit more pesmistic and conspiritorial. Anyway, it is better to have one "Mafia" as is back home the good old USA, the "Goverment". Armenia needs to have one strong central "Mafia" instead of the many who are operating now. Reality bites.