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arrived in Goris, shared his last days in Karabakh and future plans with the minibus driver
Yerevan was not his final destination
The seizure soured ties between Yerevan and its longtime security guarantor Moscow, whose peacekeepers did little to intervene.But rather
Armenians had left Armenia by mid-October and settled abroad
departure from Armenia.During an Oct
23 cabinet session, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that there was no significant immigration among people forcibly displaced
to the lack of housing and work opportunities in Armenia.Gagik is a veteran of the first Karabakh war in 1992, having defended his hometown
Martuni when he was just 18
After he was seriously injured in the war, he underwent therapy sessions at the Zinvori Tun rehabilitation center in Yerevan, which hosted
him again three decades later after he lost his home and had nowhere to live.Soon after arriving in Armenia proper, Karabakh evacuees
regarding their future.To assist the refugee population, the Armenian government created a "temporary protected status" for displaced
persons from Nagorno-Karabakh
government is obtaining Armenian citizenship
Many, like Gagik, always assumed they were citizens of Armenia, as they hold Armenian passports.The only thing stopping Gagik from leaving
earlier was problems with his documents
Amid the chaos and uncertainty, he had left behind his documents, along with his car and other belongings, in Chartar
part of them close to me wherever I go," he explained
He displayed the rest of the belongings he managed to bring: photos of loved ones, certificates of ownership of his newly renovated house,
in his hotel room.Arpine HovhannisianIn Russia, where his mother and sisters settled long ago, he plans to work in agriculture and grow
morning, we saw only Karabakh Armenians were still there in Jermuk, together with the employees
I think life will be better for us there."Displacement and loss"We decided to go to Russia very hastily, in just a few days," said Astghik
Hayrapetyan, 30, a single mother from the village of Khnatsakh in Askeran, Nagorno-Karabakh
They have settled down in Mikhailovsk, a town in the Stavropol region where her uncle resides
With support from her relatives, Hayrapetyan hopes to find a job to provide for her family."Many Karabakh Armenians have moved to Russia to
work and get back on their feet
recounted multiple instances when fathers of families sought job opportunities in Russia due to insufficient wages in Armenia."I found a job
offering only 80,000 drams ($200), while most apartments in Yerevan are priced [starting at] around 250,000 drams ($600)," Astghik told
us.Astghik and Sergei with their daughter.Family archivesThe Armenian government provided support for Karabakh Armenians through a one-time
the government is offering monthly assistance of 40,000 drams ($100) to cover accommodation costs, with an additional 10,000 drams ($25)
was no clarity on whether or when we would receive it
to hold onto the hope that one day she will return to Nagorno-Karabakh, which Armenians call Artsakh."Residing outside of Armenia distances
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