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complex near Talysh village in the occupied part of the Tartar district. At the first phase of the
project, a complex for 400 heads of cattle of Holstein tribe was supposed to be constructed. The
next stage of the project would include expansion of the complex, as well as the construction of
a milk processing plant. 283
In April 2014, Vladimir Mikoyan, representative of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the
Russian Federation, organized a visit of the so-called director of the “Support Fund of Village and
Agriculture of the NKR”, Ashot Bakhshyan, to
the Czech Republic to attend the International
Agriculture Exhibition in Brno, which
showcases agricultural machinery, agricultural
products, seeds and other agriculture-related
products. 284 Within the framework of the visit,
Bakhshiyan had business meetings with the
representatives of major financial institutions
and companies of the Czech Republic, as well
as with a number of private entrepreneurs and
representatives of the Armenian community to
discuss the issues related to the development
of agriculture in the occupied territories. 285
President of Armenia visits pedigree cattle husbandry farm in
Khanabad village in the occupied Khojaly district
│Photo from www.president.am│05 January 2012
XI. Exporting and selling of goods unlawfully produced in the occupied territories
A number of businesses were established in the occupied territories to manufacture and export
settlement produce, raw materials and natural resources from those territories. The subordinate
separatist regime is highly dependent on their performance. 286 According to the Armenian
own statistics, as of 2013, some 2566 entities in total were engaged in trade in the occupied
territories. 287 Of them, 391 are registered as legal persons, whereas the majority – 2175 – as
individual entrepreneurs. 288 Among them are “Artsakhkat CJSC” (dairy production), “Artsakh
Footwear-Sewing Manufacturing Union CJSC” (footwear and clothing Manufacturing), “Desa
Trade CO Ltd.” (furniture manufacturing), “Dvin Poultry Factory CO Ltd.” (poultry production),
“Energy Plus CO Ltd.” (mining), “Gev Group CO Ltd., (manufacturing of textiles), “Gf Furniture
Factory CO Ltd.” (furniture manufacturing), “Kapavor CO Ltd.” (concrete production, construction),
“Metakskombinat CO Ltd.” (textile products), “Mkrtumyan CO Ltd.” (wine making), “Rapeseed
Vegetable Oil Plant” (Manufacture of vegetable oil), “Sanderk CO Ltd.” (textile, clothing, garments
manufacturing). 289
Many of the enterprises are affiliates or wholly owned subsidiaries of Armenia-registered
companies or operate on Armenian capital. Among them are Base Metals CJSC, a subsidiary
of the Vallex Group CJSC (mining), “Artsakhcable CO” (cable production), “Nairi Ltd.” (wine
making), “Lusakert Ltd.” (poultry production), “Armtechnomashexport CO” (medicinal tea
production), “Max Wood Ltd.” (wood processing) and others. 290 To facilitate exports of products
from the occupied territories to international markets a number of companies were set up by
the Armenians from the diaspora. Among them is the “Artsakh-America Export Import LLC”,
established in the United States in 2010 by Armenian private entrepreneurs from California, which
283
See “A modern livestock complex will be built in Artsakh by means of the European investment”, Artsakhpress.am, 15 August
2014, .
284
See “Business meetings in CzechRepublic and participation in international agricultural exhibition in Brno”, .
285
See “The Director of the Support Fund of Village and Agriculture of the NKR Ashot Bakhshyan partook in the International Agriculture
Exhibition in Brno”, Artsakhpress.am, 14 April 2014, .
286
See speech of Bako Sahakyan at the meeting with business representatives, 26 December 2012, .
287
See “Statistical Yearbook Of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, 2007-2013”, .
288
Ibid.
289
Information was retreived from “Spyur” online business directory of Armenia at .
290
See “Major Investments in the NKR Economy (1999-2002)”, “NKR Office in USA”, .
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