>>3351968

https://www.rt.com/news/376613-us-russian-navy-memorial/

Not many people in either country know that Russia helped the Union win the bloodiest conflict in US history. Under an agreement between President Abraham Lincoln and Russian Tsar Alexander II, Russia sent naval ships to the US to help Lincoln keep the country together.

>>3352438

I'll agree.

I can't find the sauce I had seen a while back, but Russia and Germany had a keen interest in the US. The British/French had theirs but was coupled to what would be seen as a more nefarious plan.