YEREVAN. – Once the information about increasing the price of natural gas was disseminated, the residents of Armenia began to think more about limiting their expenses, Haykakan Zhamanak daily reports.  

“A drastic decrease in the volume of trade is recorded in [the country’s] non-food product markets and shopping centers. In addition, employees of a variety of establishments require-ask [their] employers to raise their salaries.

[But] some employers have found a convenient solution. They intimidate their workers [by saying] that if they do not want to work with the current salary, they may quit, and Syrian Armenians will come and work in their stead, with the same salary,” Haykakan Zhamanak writes.