Deepening into the Karabakh process, Russia will have to spoil relations either with Armenia or with Azerbaijan, a Russian expert said.

"Neither of variants is favorable for Russia," Andrey Zagorsky said during a round-table discussion.

"We can't impose our concepts. So, we follow the status quo policy. However, it doesn't mean that Russia and Azerbaijan should refuse from closer contacts in other fields," he said, Bryansk.ru reports.