Alan Kasayev: South Caucasus has bigger threats than Maidan

"Maidan" as a second name for revolution aimed at europeanization, liberalization and undermining the state is typical for countries of the post-Soviet space but not all of them - the South Caucasus, which has bigger threats, does not fit the trend. This is the main point of Alan Kasayev, Deputy head of the Department of Journalism if the Moscow State Linguistic University.

"The Georgian economy has a transitory character, and the same can be said about its political life. This is why quick changes of political orientation are typical of Georgia," the expert said. "There are no signs of a Maidan in Georgia today, but in the future a new nationalist liberal regime can be expected - it will be the result of the unclear economic policy of the current government."

As for Azerbaijan, this country should beware of external factors such as "too attentive care about its future from the north and too much political and ideological openness and trade expansion from the south," Kasayev believes. 

"For Armenia, the Maidan is an even smaller threat than to its neighbors, but there is a bigger threat: history and circumstances have taught Armenians to survive on their own so they can move to countries with better infrastructure, and Armenia will simply be depopulated," the expert noted.