YEREVAN. – The prices of food products in Armenia will start to increase considerably as of mid-September, Hayatsk daily reports.

“The country’s government did everything, until the [May 6] parliamentary elections, to prevent the price hike, but ‘the artificial intervention’ will no longer be possible come mid-September.   

Except for vegetables, all remaining food [prices] will rise drastically. This is also why the Agriculture Ministry is opening up markets in the capital city to show that the vegetable [prices] will not rise. 

[But] In reality, this tends to divert the people’s attention. Who will be enthused by the cheap prices of vegetables when the price hikes begin?” Hayatsk writes.