Peter Muddy's the waters

June 8th, 1657

The hidden operations of the Venetian Republic have not been detected by the rest of the European countries, while most European countries know that Russia is stockpiling grain and preparing for war. Despite this, there is not actually any panic among European countries because this situation is not out of the ordinary for Europe, which witnesses the Russo-Ottoman War approximately once every 50 years or so.

Both the Ottoman and Russian empires were established in the 13th and 14th centuries respectively, and they had already fought three major wars so far, with the minor wars being too numerous to count. The Europeans already know that the feud between the Russians and the Ottomans is irreconcilable. Hence, they wouldn't be surprised if these two large nations went to war another ten times; after all, both of them could afford it.