This kind of tug-of-war certainly won't produce results in the short term, but East Africa's approach has allowed Tsarist Russia to gain an advantage on the sidelines, which is inevitable, considering that East Africa and Tsarist Russia are separated by the United Kingdom.
Tsarist Russia surely won't be content to compromise with the United Kingdom. Without the bitter defeat of the Russo-Japanese War, Russia wouldn't willingly yield to the United Kingdom.
However, the emergence of East Africa has given Russia a breathing opportunity. Now, as long as Russia can absorb its influence in the north of the Middle East and Central Asia and wait for East Africa and the United Kingdom to compete, the Russian government also believes that its national strength can recover somewhat during this period.
