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    ACTIVISTS PREPARE TO STORM INDOOR MARKET
    by Karina Manukyan

    ARMINFO
    Friday, August 30, 17:30

    The civil movement "Let's save the monument from the oligarch" is
    going to intensify the fight for maintenance of the Indoor Market.

    Ani Kochar, an activist of the movement, said at today's press
    conference that on August 31 the activists will start peaceful actions
    in front of the Indoor Market and will constantly control the situation
    to prevent any attempts to continue the construction and repair in
    the Market. She does not rule out that the tension around the Market
    may escalate, because there may be provokers and corrupt "activists".

    Kochar pointed at the Armenian Culture Ministry's repeated statements
    about the illegal construction in the area of the Indoor Market.

    Despite these statements, the construction was continued and almost
    completed. According to the media reports, the Indoor Market will
    open in mid September as an ordinary supermarket.

    Activist Sarhat Petrosyan, in turn, pointed at the Convention for the
    Protection of the Architectural Heritage. According to the Convention
    and to the current legislation of Armenia, the state has the right to
    deprive the owner of the property rights in case the latter damages
    the monument.

    The Civic Movement "Let's save the monument from the oligarch" has
    recently been set up in defense of the Indoor Market. Architect Sashur
    Kalashyan, activist Yeghia Nersisyan, analyst Garegin Chugaszyan,
    singer Artur Ispiryan and many other well-known people are among
    the members of the movement. The owner of the indoor market is
    oligarch-parliamentarian Samvel Aleksanyan.

    The Indoor Market was built in 1952 by Armenian architect Grigory
    Aghababyan's project and has been considered one of the symbols
    of the Armenian capital since then. The repair inside the building
    has damaged the original exterior of the building. In early June,
    the municipality promised that the constructions erected inside the
    building would be demolished and the original appearance would be
    restored. However, these constructions have not been dismantled.

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