During the blockade, the economy of Artsakh was damaged by around 422 million dollars. Bulletin:

by times news cr

The Artsakh information headquarters published the statistical data of the day regarding the created situation.

Accordingly,

Due to the suspension of planned surgeries in all medical institutions of Artsakh, about 1,670 citizens were deprived of the opportunity to solve their health problems through surgery, increasing by about 30 cases in the last 3 days.

Until today, 620 patients were transported from Artsakh under the mediation and accompaniment of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and another 70 were transported to receive appropriate treatment under the accompaniment of Russian peacekeepers. on June 15, and after recovering on June 25, was last suspended on July 10.

As a result of the blockade, a total of about 3,900 people, including 550 children, could not return to their homes, some of whom have already returned home with the support of the Red Cross and Russian peacekeepers.

No citizen traveled freely along the Stepanakert-Goris highway (Lachin (Kashatagh) corridor), and the number of two-way movement of people decreased by 214 times, and what was there was only with the support of the Red Cross and the Russian peacekeepers (instead of 545,900 people in 222 days, 2,540 people entered In addition, in the last 3 days, 0 cases of exit and entry of citizens were registered.

Not a single car of the citizens of Artsakh passed through the blocked road, and the total movement of cars was almost 70 times less than it should have been without the blockade (instead of 204,240 in 222 days, 2,923 cars entered and exited, and that is only at the Red Cross and by Russian peacekeepers.) It means that 0 vehicles have entered and exited in the last 3 days.

About 16 times less vital goods were imported by the Red Cross and Russian peacekeepers alone than would have been without the blockade (5,715 tons instead of about 88,800 tons in 222 days, of which only 0 tons in the last 3 days.

During the blockade, Azerbaijan completely or partially cut off the gas supply from Armenia to Artsakh for 193 days, resulting in daily fan and emergency shutdowns and the closure or curtailment of many facilities.

Since the blockade, 1,450 economic entities (33.9% of the total) have suspended their activities due to the impossibility of working under the blockade, and 2,827 economic entities operate partially, with a small part of their production capacity or with state support.

Due to the blockade and disruption of vital infrastructure, an estimated 14,600 people (including state-supported temporary employment cases) have lost their actual job and source of income since the start of the blockade, which is more than 80 percent of private sector workers. The index is growing rapidly especially recently.

The construction works of 32.6 kilometers of roads, tens of kilometers of water lines, irrigation systems for thousands of hectares of land, 3717 apartments, and more than 40 social and production infrastructures have been stopped.

During the blockade, the economy of the Republic of Artsakh suffered a loss of around 422 million US dollars, leading to the failure to provide about 47 percent of the predicted annual GDP index (903 million dollars).

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