5. george soros tərəfindən aşağıdakı kimi qiymətləndirilən hadisələr:

"...It is not far-fetched to speculate that the first pogroms against Armenians in Azerbaijan were instigated by the notorious local mafia, which is controlled by KGB official G.A. Alieev, in order to create a situation in which Gorbachev would lose, no matter what he did. He could not side with the Armenians, because by doing so he would alienate the Muslims, but by taking a neutral position he drove the Armenians, who would have been his natural supporters, into active opposition..."

"və bütün bu müsibətlərin - yəni bütövlükdə dağlıq qarabağ konfliktinin qısa icmalı budur" - demək olar, bu qiymətləndirməyə...

mənbə.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1989/06/01/the-gorbachev-prospect/