The uncertainty of what tomorrow will bring worries Hovhannisyan and all Artsakh residents.
Dozens of buses gathered in Stepanakert's Revival Square today and plan to drive to the Hakari Bridge where Azerbaijanis have set up an illegal checkpoint.
It’s his approach to circumvent Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin Corridor, now in its seventh month, that has severely decreased the availability of food in the country.
The scarcity of basic staples is due to the ongoing seven-month Azerbaijani blockade of the Lachin Corridor. People are surviving on food they purchased before the closure.
Stepanakert shop owner Narineh Baghdasaryan says she can no longer obtain most dairy products to sell to her customers in the Artsakh capital.
Twenty-year-old Nareh, who studies economics at the Artsakh State University in Stepanakert, says uncertainty regarding the future complicates making longterm plans.
28-year-old Gayaneh Sargsyan said Pashinyan has no right to negotiate the future of Karabakh Armenians, adding that she and others of her generation must follow the example of their parents who fought for their rights.
Hundreds marched through the Artsakh capital of Stepanakert demanding that the Armenian government not sign any peace deal with Baku that recognizes Artsakh as a part of Azerbaijan.
As a result of the suspension of the import of medicines, scheduled surgeries were stopped in all medical institutions under the purview of the Artsakh Ministry of Health, which were partially restored weeks ago.
Artsakh Armenians demonstrated along the Stepanakert-Shushi roadway yesterday demanding the removal of a recently installed Azerbaijani checkpoint along the Lachin Corridor.
“It would be nice if this was of any use. It would be more beneficial if we changed our government. They waited so long that the Turks came and set up a checkpoint. But they haven't built the new road yet," says Balayan.
Her two sons, Edo and Arsen, were killed in the 1990s Karabakh war. Arsen’s son Artur, whpo was serving as an Artsakh Defense Army tank battalion NCO, was killed in the 2020 Karabakh war.
Eleonora Lalayan was ten in 1988, during the Artsakh liberation movement, when her family from Baku to Artsakh to avoid anti-Armenian pogroms. They settled in Shushi.