The Zhirinovsky Affair

The Zhirinovsky Affair is a term used to refer to a period of Rossyian Expansionism and Rebellion. It would ultimately end with the Treaty of Ivanograd being signed by Alice,Michael and Freddy. 
== Ichiko's reforms ==
Following her ascension to power : Ichiko Nobunaga had started to make a number of reforms,including one called Glasnost that allowed citizens to see more of what's going on behind the curtains in the government. Rossyian council meetings were now broadcasted live,without any editing on a special television Channel.
== The One too many council meeting and Finnish Hack ==
What first looked like a regular council meeting soon enough turned south. Rossyia's new governor Ichiko pitched the idea of a united Arstotzkan language based on the Greek Alphabet,which was flat out refused by all other governors. The climate became tense and very,very frustrating : The Rossyian delegation walked,leaving the meeting,While Michael and Alice tried to continue without them : The rossyians saw this on live television. Suomossad agents proceeded to hack the Rossyian television,cutting the broadcast. When the NKVD revealed that suomossad agents were behind the hack,a wave of Rossyian Nationalism and anti finnish sentiments started to pop up
== Rossyian Elections ==
Rossyia's electoral system used an electoral college at that time and saw four parties go up against each others : United Rossyia led by Dimitri Medvedev,The Rossyian Tsarist Party led by Kovrona Pavlovna,Anastasia Vasiliska's Rossyian democratic coalition and the Rossyian People's liberation party led by Budnikova Valerievna and Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The latter ended up winning the election by winning the largest electoral college of all : Petrograd. 
== Finnish-Rossyian Stand-off and Hostage Crisis ==
Following the victory of the RPLP in Rossyia,several russian speakers in Murmanni started to riot against Finnish rule,leading to the death of the Ahto 'Benes' Koponen as he got shot by an armed rioter. This prompted Zhirinovsky to send Rossyian Forces to Murmanni to protect the people of the city. In the meantime : He would also send troops to Greenland and Denmark and would hold those duchies hostage and try to use them as leverage against Suomi to get Karelia back. He would namely starve the Greenlandics : leading to the Finnish airlift,which resulted in a failure for the Finns as the Rossyians shot down their planes. Back in Denmark the situation was getting tense : with small fights breaking out between Rossyian and Danish troops. Once those fights were reported : Zhirinovsky sent a nuke on Ivanograd. For many : that action was a step too far.
== Military coup in Rossyia ==
One day : Zhirinovskist officers in the garrisons were executed under orders of Anastasia and Galina while NKVD agents arrested Ichiko,Budnikova and Zhirinovsky. A new government was set up in Petrograd,led by Rossyia's Chief of navy : Valery Oktyabrskiy. A secret meeting between Alice,Volodina and Michael confirmed Arstotzkan support for the coup. However the cracks started to form within the administration : First,the petrograd people were opposed to the coup d'etat as they firmly stood for Zhirinovsky and Ichiko and thus fought tooth and nail against the army,in the vague hope of stopping the coup. In the meantime in the council : several members joined the protests,being Ichikovists,until even Freddy joined and started to make the coup's small army reserves diminish,forcing the coup leaders to flee the city in the night with only two our of three prisonners. Allowing the Rossyian council to declare their independence 
== Rossyia's independence war ==
=== Siege of Tallin ===
The first action of the Rossyian War of Independence was the Rossyian attack on Tallin,one of the bloodiest battle of the war and one of the bloodiest in Arstotzkan History. The Siege began with a small Rossyian army approaching the city,backed up by a massive air power. Prompting the Arstotzkans to send Danish and Greenlandic troops to Estonia to defend the city,thinkng it was gonna be a repeat of the Zaibatsu Conflict. However : the Rossyians did not try to attack the city just yet,repelling an Arstotzkan attack with Guerilla Tactics. News about the rest of the empire falling to Rossyia led to the evacuation of Greenlandic and Danish troops as well as the Estonian governor. The rest of the estonian armed forces stood in Tallin and fought until the bitter end in brutal street fighting. The two most notable regiments being the Satanist Reformed Estonian SS led by Artur Rehi on the Arstotzkan Side and the Chechen Jihadists on the Rossyian side. The battle ended in a decisive Rossyian Victory but it also ended in a very huge propaganda victory for Estonia,as they've shown their willingness to defend the empire to the last man.
=== Rossyian флэш-война ===
The Rossyian флэш-война or Blitzkrieg for normal people was a phase of the war where the Rossyians just used their overwhelming numbers to quickly overrun the now defenseless empire as its forces where mainly stacked in Tallinn. The Rossyians first blitzed through the border to Helsinki in less than 4 Hours,overruning the capital city in a matter of minutes. Pushing next to Turku where they used the division among the city's people to their advantage,and finally : Onulo. They then used the connections between Sweden and Suomi to push into sweden and down to the danish border. Sending Denmark into a panic. They made extensive use of EMPs and other deception tactics to buy themselves as much time as possible. The rossyian флэш-война ended after the fall of Narvik and Agunnyard and resulted in a decisive propaganda,political and strategical victory for Rossyia. 
=== Terror bombing campaigns ===
Following their lightning war agains the Empire,Rossyia started the 2nd phase of their operation : Operation People's Thunder. Rossyian bombers would rain hell over Denmark and Iceland,mainly focusing on Military targets such as factories,bases and camps. Their constant shelling of the cities proved to be a good psychological victory despite a limited tactical sucess 
== Outcome ==
The Empress,Michael and Freddy met in Ivanograd after the fall of Tallin,to discuss the terms of the treaty. In the end : the Treaty of Ivanograd was signed. Rossyia withdrew from the rest of the empire and the Rossyian army removed Budnikova from power,liberating Ichiko and arresting Valery and Anastasia. Ichiko would later on pardon all four of them,given that Zhirinovsky never run for public office again,as a consequence for nuking Denmark. The Rossyian administration was restructured and changed to prevent a single Oblast from having the authority to decide the fate of the duchy as a whole. 
== Consequences ==
The war had a tremendous impact at home. First off : it ended years of Finnish dominance over the empire,showcasing that they can be beaten like any one else. It put Rossyia on equal footing with Suomi as they can now both compete for dominance over the Empire. However it also created a deep anti Rossyian sentiment among the suomite people,which might lead to a war later on. It also revived old ideas such as imperial restorationism and fascism in the empire. 
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