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    FREEDOM HOUSE: CORRUPTION OBSTACLE TO ARMENIA'S POLITICAL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    ARKA News Agency, Armenia
    May 3 2006

    Yerevan, May 3. /ARKA/. Corruption is an obstacle to Armenia's
    political and economic development, days a report "Nations in Transit
    2006. Armenia" published by the international human rights organization
    "Freedom House".

    "The close links between the political and economic elite and the
    lack of effective law enforcement procedures have fostered official
    corruption," says the report.

    Although some steps to battle corruption are made in Armenia, they
    are not effective enough.

    According to "Freedom House", corruption index is 5.75 in Armenia on
    the 7-mark scale, 6.25 in Azerbaijan and 5.50 in Georgia.
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