Ordinary Syrians feel the pinch as sanctions bite
MICHAEL JANSEN
Troubles are driving up price of basic food and fuels, hitting business and home life in Syria
THE GENERATOR choir sings on and off throughout the day, usually during scheduled power cuts. Their songs are loudest, the beat most insistent, on the narrow side streets of the capital, Damascus.
Generators, their covers bright yellow and red, hail from Korea and China. They come in several sizes, the most popular being the small portable model favoured by shopkeepers.
Ammar Daadouch says a few weeks ago his firm, which has showrooms in six cities in Syria, “sold 100 pieces a day”. But now, due to the escalation of the troubles, this has fallen to 10. In some places the firm’s shops can only open for a few hours.
“Soon we we will have problems with payments from China and other countries. Due to sanctions we cannot trade in dollars. Soon the euro will be blocked. Sanctions are hitting businessmen and the people. Not the regime.”
Upon wake-up, FE-1 Samokutyayev performed the regular daily check of the aerosol filters at the Russian Elektron O2 (oxygen) generator which Maxim Suraev had installed on 10/19/09 in gaps between the BZh Liquid Unit and the oxygen outlet pipe (filter
Upon wake-up, FE-2 Borisenko performed the regular daily check of the aerosol filters at the Russian Elektron O2 (oxygen) generator which Maxim Suraev had installed on 10/19/09 in gaps between the BZh Liquid Unit and the oxygen outlet pipe (filter
[The WRS (Water Recovery System) EDV-U was connected to the WSTA (Wastewater Storage Tank Assembly via EDV transfer hose and the Russian compressor, powered from the Ku-band power source. EDV-U should be filled to 70%, with additional pumping