NEW VERSION OF PRESSURE

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[02:06 pm] 04 December, 2007

"Persecution of the Sukiassyans reflects on us negatively. Merchants
in other fairs do not pay as much money as we do", complained
the demonstrators in front of the Government Building. About 1000
employees of "Ayrarat" trade center organized a protest action and
complained of tax payments. They complained not of their management
but of the Government.

"We want to pay as much tax as it is defined. About 60-70 percent of
us take loans for trade, we hardly have 100 dollars income, and they
want to deprive us of it", said Karine, one of the demonstrators, to
"A1+". "Our management wanted us to pay as much as it was defined
started from September. Now they want us to work as individual
enterprisers. We demand to work just as they promised us before and
not invent new things", complained another demonstrator Gohar.

According to the demonstrators, their conditions were bad, but now
they have even worsened it. Majority of the merchants take loans
for trade, besides the current rate of a US dollar is very low and
they suffer in the result of a dollar rate since they took loans
when its rate was high. Besides "We paid 1.6 dollars for per kilo
before, while now we pay 4 dollars". In addition to this "Ayrarat"
trade center is not heated and the trade is not active.

Some of the demonstrators were invited to the Government to
negotiate. Later, we will inform the details.