Russia has a vast territory and rich resources, but currently the resource that East Africa is most "reliant" on Russia is oil. More than half of the oil resources are taken away by East Africa every year, so Tsarist Russian government naturally attracted the attention of Ambassador Crowe to a certain extent by using oil as bait.
But I just want to note that although East Africa is short of oil resources, it is not like Germany, which is almost non-existent. Moreover, East Africa currently has more oil sources outside the country.
"As a friend, please tell me honestly whether Russia has encountered any difficulties recently." Ambassador Crowe said.
He vaguely felt that Russian government's mentality had changed now. This was not Russian government's attitude in the past.
"Alas, for Russia, the difficulties have never ended, and that is financial pressure. Lack of money has always been our biggest difficulty in Russia. In recent years, due to the economic crisis in other European countries, there are fewer countries and private individuals willing to borrow money." Count Kadel said.
The economic crisis is not just hitting Russia. Other countries naturally need cash to stabilize their economies. On the other hand, under the economic crisis, the economic crisis has caused Russian companies to go bankrupt, default on debts, and bad debts are also serious. This not only reduces Russian government's sources of income, but also is not conducive to Russia's borrowing from the international community.
Various factors have led to the current vicious cycle of Russia's economy. Of course, even if the economic crisis is coming to an end, it will not be worse than in the past few years. However, Russia is now borrowing more money than before, which makes Crowe think that there must be some anomaly within Russia that he does not know about.
After all, East Africa and Russia are "not familiar". In the past, Russia's main financial backers were Western European countries. Now they can't wait to get three melons and two dates from East Africa. It is obviously a sign of hunger.
After all, East Africa is not active in the international financial market, especially in the commercial field. You can almost only negotiate with East African government or East African state-owned enterprises or banks, which makes East Africa the hardest to get money from.
If it were an ordinary businessman, if Russia used oil resources as bait, he would have jumped off it long ago. Regardless of whether Russia's offer was a trap or not, driven by interests, there is no business that European and American businessmen would not dare to do, and East African government does not have such initiative, except for Hohenzollern Conglomerate, which is owned by the royal family.
Institutions such as East African state-owned enterprises and banks are actually mostly subordinate institutions of East African government, so they are more cautious in lending to outsiders.
Therefore, Ambassador Crowe believed that before coming to him, Tsarist Russian government had already encountered obstacles from other countries or capitals, but Count Kadel was obviously unwilling to disclose the main purpose of Russian government.
So Ambassador Crowe said, "Count Kadel, I need to communicate with the country about this matter first. If possible, come back in three days and I can give you an answer."
Count Kadel: "No problem. We in Russia are very sincere this time. I am waiting for the good news from your country!"
After sending Count Kadel away, Ambassador Crowe sent news back to the country and sent people to Russian government to inquire about the news.
The internal information of Russian government is relatively easy to obtain. With just a little intervention, Ambassador Crowe vaguely understood Russian government's plan.
He wrote in a telegram to the country, "At present, Russia's economic crisis has been smoothly passed, and Russia's active borrowing from various countries is obviously not to deal with the remaining heat of the economic crisis."
"According to some Russian officials and the embassy's understanding of the recent internal meetings of Russian government, Russia is very likely to raise additional construction funds for Siberian Railway, or to prepare funds for launching a war."
"In recent years, Russian government has become increasingly dissatisfied with the Far East issue, especially the competitive trend between Japan and Russia after the Far East Naval War."
"The two countries have sharp conflicts over the Korean Peninsula and the northeastern Far East. Russia's dissatisfaction with Japan had been foreshadowed as early as the late 1990s. However, at the beginning of the 20th century, the economic crisis suddenly broke out, leaving the Russian government with no time to think about anything else and temporarily unable to confront Japan."
"And there are also a group of knowledgeable people in Russia who pay more attention to Japan. They do not despise Japan because of Russia's vast land, rich resources, and strong national power. Therefore, there are currently about four forces within Russian government, namely the Tsar, War Faction, the peace faction, and the centrists."
"War Faction has been inflated recently. On the one hand, the economic crisis is over, and Russia is aggressive, so this is in line with Russia's historical performance. On the other hand, the social conflicts caused by the economic crisis have not yet been eliminated. This time, Russian government may intend to use war to resolve the conflicts."
"As the best decision-maker in Russia, the Tsar's attitude plays a decisive role. Recently, the Tsar has had close contact with the domestic War Faction... so it is very likely that Russian government's frequent actions this round are to target Japan."
Ambassador Crowe roughly made a judgment on Russian government's idea through various data recorded by the embassy and bribed Russian insiders, and he passed his judgment back to his home country.
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Ernst also received the news from the embassy, and soon he had a discussion with his officials.
"Ambassador Crow's words are more in line with the current situation in Russia. Throughout Russian history, wars are launched almost every once in a while, which is in line with Russia's war cycle."
The history of Russia is the history of war, and it has records of fighting with neighboring countries, from Finland in Northern Europe, to the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East, and finally Japan, which is now confronting the Far East, forming a perfect arc.
Outside this arc, there are two support points, Britain and United States, used to restrain Russia's activities in their respective spheres of influence.
Japan is a chess piece supported by Britain and the United States to offshore to balance Tsarist Russia and Far East Empire. Therefore, even if Japan's economy is in dire straits, under normal circumstances, Britain and the United States will provide a certain degree of support to Japan.
After all, if Japan is not supported, and Far East Empire or Tsarist Russia becomes bigger, the plans of both countries will be shattered.
The shortcomings of Japan, namely lack of resources and narrow area, have become advantages at this time. Both the UK and United States can drive Japan with more confidence.
In fact, this is also the case in the history of previous lives. Even if Japan committed all kinds of evil in World War II and eventually dominated Britain and the United States, after World War II United States still supported Japan, and for a long time served as its country to contain the Soviet Union and later Russia The chess pieces of E and Far East Empire, if Ernst is United States or British, then Japan must also be supported to weaken Far East Empire or Russia.
"Your Highness is right. Nicholas II should be a more traditional Russian monarch, very different from his father Alexander III. During the period of Alexander III, it was also a rare period of peace in Russia, and the economy was relatively prosperous. However, this is very abnormal for Russian tradition."
As far as East African officials are concerned, Tsarist Russia is a country that loves aggression. In fact, East Africa's reputation in the international community is not much better.
It's just that since the 1990s, East Africa has changed. It's almost impossible to see the up-and-down East Africa of the past. And Russia, after experiencing the brief peace in Alexander's previous life, has now returned to its old ways.
Therefore, the East African monarchs and ministers who stand on the moral high ground can ridicule Russia without any scruples, while ignoring the large amount of territory East Africa has gained through expansion since the mid-19th century, as well as the tens of millions of black slaves currently serving East Africa.
To put it bluntly, if the tsar had so much free labor, he would not keep an eye on the gray animals. The gray animals are their own people, and it is their honor to be driven by aliens like blacks.