Armenia is not among the countries of the Protesting Disposition Index published by the Wall Street Journal. That was for “technical” reasons, as the source had not the necessary information on the food price in Armenia and on the amount an average Armenian spends on essential goods, Gagik Harutyunyan, Director of the Noravank analytical center, told journalists March 3.

Citing Egypt’s example, he said that an average person spends 30% of his or her incomes on essential goods. “When prices showed a 30% rise, an average citizen has to spend 40 to 45% of his or her incomes, which resulted in the well-known events,” Harutyunyan said.

As regards the possibility of a social riot in Armenia, Harutyunyan said that the situation in Armenia is not so dangerous as to develop into unrest identical to that in Egypt and Tunisia. “However, even if Armenia were listed, its rank would be among the lowest,” he said.

Ruben Safrastyan, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Armenian National Academy of Sciences, pointed out a number of reasons why social unrest similar to that in Egypt and Tunisia is impossible in Armenia. “Power is not inherited in our country. There is no Islamic factor in Armenia. The unrest took place in the countries whose government pursued a pro-West policy, which is not the case with Armenia,” Safrastyana said.

With the aforementioned factors considered, Armenia could have been at the bottom of the list.