Chapter 70: New Toys for the Military Part 4 (Imperial Ruthenian Navy)

The Department of the Navy is on the third priority list when it comes to modernizing the Army. The answer is simple, the Ruthenia Empire is basically landlocked, though not literally, but due to it having no free access to the world's ocean.

As stated before, in order for the Ruthenia Empire to get into the ocean, there is the Danish strait for the Baltic Fleet, The Barents Sea for the Northern Fleet, and the Bosphorus strait for the Black Sea Fleet, and the Sea of Japan for the Pacific Fleet.

That access or channels are controlled by countries that have an antagonistic relationship with the Ruthenia Empire. They are the Britannia Empire, Deutschland Empire, and the Yamato Empire. 

Hence, the Department of Navy, which is temporarily controlled by Admiral Kutnetzov, the Chief of Naval Operations of the Ruthenian Navy, until Alexander appoints someone, proposed to strengthen the four main fleets to get out of this deadlock.