In the heart of Yerevan, just a stone's throw away from Republic Square, lies a hamlet that is completely hidden from the view of foot traffic on adjacent Abovyan and Nalbandyan Streets, between which it is wedged.
There are two key issues in negotiations: the status of Nagorno Karabakh and the withdrawal of troops from the Armenian-controlled territories.
"If I didn't put a stop to her lying, running away from home, or stealing now, in a couple of years she wouldn't have a decent education or a decent future. And one day she would take the path of crime and eventually end up in jail. But jail is no place for a girl and neither are the streets. What parent hasn't slapped his child at least once, to teach her a lesson? Maybe I crossed the line, I should have been more tolerant, but I did it for...
In July 2005, Viktorya Lukyanenko and Tatyana Malashenko, both residents of Ukraine, came to Yerevan to make money as strippers, although neither had worked in striptease before.
"There are termites in our house; little by little, it's rotting away. You can't walk anywhere, you step and fall into the cellar," said Emma Sukyasyan, and pointed out that the same was true for every one who lived in Stepanavan's Ashotaberd district.
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