One of the countries the West , unfortunately , treats too courteously is Azerbaijan, where a rather unpleasant dictatorship prevails, said George Soros in a London club Open Russia.

He said that he had to argue with the president of Azerbaijan several times. "He often pretends to be above the frays and is not responsible for repressions in Azerbaijan. However, in conversations with me he has demonstrated such a profound knowledge of what conditions in the prisons are where political prisoners are detained on some charges and so on ... So it's just a pretense. He (Ilham Aliev- ed.) is responsible for many things and uses repression. He is trying to appease the West, demonstrating new potential oil fields. And I think that supporting him the West makes a big mistake. I could go on and on, but the fact that the countries are so different from one another, supports the viewpoint that we need to have a serious approach towards them ",  said Soros , adding that it is not just a post-Soviet continuation of the Soviet system.