Recent press reports have painted a disturbing picture of life In Yerevan. the formerly thriving capital of Armenia. and in other parts of the country. People there are barely clinging to life In primitive. horrible conditions similar to those being endured by the people of Bosnia. The U.N.s High Commissioner on Refugees. the International Federation of the Red Cross. and other humanitarian organizations have attested to the looming catastrophe In the once prosperous Armenian state. The blockage is also holding back progress toward democracy and free markets In the volatile Caucasus region of the former U.S.S.R. The lack of electricity in Armenia has raised the potential of a nuclear accident at the Medzamor nuclear power station outside Yerevan.
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