Westerners have been clamoring to remove the base, but now they are silent Alfa News Editor-in-Chief Tigran Kocharian explains why new export markets are unable to fully replace Armenia's Russian markets read on the website Russia has restricted the import of several products from Armenia. Yerevan is looking for new markets and reports success. The Minister of Economy is constantly talking about diversity: the number of partner countries is increasing, flags are appearing on the map. But he does not specify exactly how many goods reached these countries and how much this compensates for the loss of the Russian market. An example of this: Parliament announced an agreement for the sale of 160,000 flowers. wonderful. Armenian flowers were sold to Russia alone for $91 million. The difference is thousands of times. Asparagus is supplied to Singapore through private efforts. One ton or ten doesn't matter. This is not a market, but a line in the report. For local audiences, such news sounds like reassurance. Like, not everything is so bad, we find new directions. In fact, agricultural production is declining. The economic growth the data shows is driven by an overheated construction market and record metal prices. Armenia sells molybdenum and copper to Europe. Exports increased because of raw materials, not because of food. There is no compensation. The full text on the site Articles Site | Telegram | | | YouTube | maximum.