The Armenian Environmental Front (AEF) is the leading environmentalist collective opposing the Amulsar mining project in Armenia. Lydian Armenia has filed a lawsuit against geographer and member of Armenian Environmental Front Levon Galstyan, lawyer Nazeli Vardanyan, environmentalist, member of Armenian Environmental Front Ani Khachatryan, Hayk Grigoryan and community member Tehmine Yenokyan, demanding one million AMD per case as a compensation for “expressions that have damaged their business reputation”. The company filed cases against residents of Jermuk and Gndevaz as well. Employees of the company have allegedly often provoked the locals, created hostility against environmentalists and protectors of Amulsar, incited conflicts between communities, terrorized and tried to create atmosphere of fear in Jermuk and Gndevaz.