The Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh have been blockaded by Azerbaijan
There are fears of fresh conflict
The shelves at the Gurman supermarket in Stepanakert, the main city of Nagorno-Karabakh, are empty. There are occasional deliveries of milk from a local dairy, “and people line up for it”, says Svetlana Martirosyan, an employee. But they have to bring their own jars since the dairy ran out of containers. “Sometimes we also get sugar, and we distribute it, a half kilogram per family. There isn’t anything else.”
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “No way in”
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