Agriculture
The Armenian apricot mafia
Armenia’s apricot farmers have had a bountiful season, but are unable to enjoy the fruits of their labour. They say that Spayka, an exporter with alleged connections to the president’s son-in-law, has captured the market — and is abusing its misbegotten power. [Read in Armenian — Հոդվածը հայերեն կարդացեք] Red lines Khachatur Abrahamyan lives in the village of Aralez in the Ararat region of Armenia. He regularly takes a dozen boxes of apricots, which he has grown himself, to one frui
