Thomas de Waal: Because of the fear to lose control under economy  ruling RPA till the end will confront protests and try to keep power

ArmInfo.Because of the fear to lose control under economy ruling RPA till the end will confront protests and try to keep power, well-known British political expert Thomas de Waal is convinced. 

According to him, losing the power for the Serzh Sargsyan's party  means losing control over monopolies and other illegal sources of  enrichment in Armenian economy. 

At the same time, the expert thinks that unforeseeable situation is  being developed in Armenia.  

"At the same time, the authorities made conclusions from the bloody  suppression of protests in 2008.  Which is why the sides of the  political confrontations will possibly avoid force decisions. Further  days will show how they can manage to act without blood", according  Thomas de Waal to haqqin.az.

At that, the expert, reminding that in past the oppositionist MP  Nikol Pashinyan criticized the authorities for entering EAEU and  foreign policy considering the interests of Russia, expressed  conviction that in case of victory of Pashinyan who is a supporter of    pro-Western course, will not be able to break sharply with Russia,  from which Armenia still strongly depends. "But it is obvious that  the new government will conduct a balanced foreign policy," the  expert believes.  Referring to the influences of the events in  Armenia to Karabakh conflict, Thomas de Waaal expressed confidence  that while Armenian authorities issue is not settled, the process of  the peaceful settlement of Karabakh conflict within MF OSCE will be  fully frozen. "How it all will reflect directly to the conflict and  possibility of restarting combat actions cannot be foreseen because  of a number of reasons", the political expert said.