Arthur still agreed to the Finnish naval order request, after all, strengthening Finland's naval might had no downside. The stronger Finland became, the more benefits Australasia could derive from Finland.
Beyond the naval orders, Dmitry also brought another request from the Government of Finland, which was to strengthen the cooperation with Australasia and even to sign a direct alliance treaty.
The reason the Finns acted so proactively was that after a period of silence, Nicholas II's ambition to reunify Tsarist Russia could no longer be suppressed.
Of course, the current Nicholas II was not foolish enough to directly target those separated nations, at least not in the short term.
The sole target of the current Nicholas II was to unite the two Russias into one, to once again make Tsarist Russia the true ruler over Russia Nation.
Even if they lost many regions, including Poland, a reconsolidated Russia Nation was still the European Bulldozer that inspired fear.