Oligarchs May Buy National Parks

Historical buildings? Check. Politicians? Check. Votes? Check. National parks? Erm, check!

It is not excluded that the Armenian oligarchs privatize Sevan and Dilijan national parts. “In fact, the new law does not prohibit that. At the moment, the parks are managed by non commercial state enterprises,” Simon Papyan, first deputy minister of nature protection told reporters.

In the words of the deputy minister, 50 percent of the credit program of this year in the amount of $800,000 will be directed to these parks to implement reforms. The state will release another 156 million Armenian drams to Sevan national park and 75 million to Dilijan national park for protection purposes.

Who is taking bets as to when the buying and selling of people by oligarchs becomes a reality? Oh, wait.

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Source: Panorama