Robert Zargarian is a reporter for RFE/RL's Armenian Service in Yerevan.
Workers at Armenia's largest textile producer are facing massive layoffs or deep wage cuts largely linked to the country's national currency, the dram, which has risen dramatically since Ukraine was invaded by Russia, Armenia's largest trading partner.
After police searched the apartment of a woman protesting a Yerevan property development, locals say hopes of change after the 2018 revolution are fading.
