asked the Russian Empire for protection
... that in 1901, Emir of Kuwait Mubarak Al-Sabah asked the Russian Empire for protection, only two years after his country became a British protectorate?
... that in 1901, <a href="./Emir_of_Kuwait" id="mwEdI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emir of Kuwait">Emir</a> of <a href="./Kuwait" id="mwEdM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a> <a href="./Mubarak_Al-Sabah" id="mwEdQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mubarak Al-Sabah">Mubarak Al-Sabah</a> <b id="mwEdU"><a href="./Kuwait–Russia_relations" id="mwEdY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kuwait–Russia relations">asked the Russian Empire for protection</a></b>, only two<span id="mwEdc" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>years after his country became a <a href="./United_Kingdom" id="mwEdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="./Protectorate" id="mwEdk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Protectorate">protectorate</a>?