The early 20th century. The tension between the world’s biggest empires reached its limit. The air clearly smells of a major war. The British Empire seeks to prevent Germany—eager for its “slice of the pie” from overseas colonies—from strengthening and rising.
At the same time, for more than a decade, a covert struggle has been going on between Russia and the United Kingdom for dominance in Central Asia and India. In this situation, after long deliberation, Nicholas II decides to form a coalition with Germany and France against Britain—believing, rightly, that Britain is his main rival. And the first goal of Russian intelligence becomes the creation and maintenance of flashpoints of tension in Britain’s African colonies…