['Heya there', 'Thoughts on an information sharing pact with respect to Italy?', "We don't have to attack them right away, but neither of us benefits if they get too big ya", 'Agreed. Obviously England and Germany are more immediate concerns for me (as are Austria and Russia for you). But neither of us wants to see Italy expand too far, and it would be of mutual benefit to share any information that we hear about them.', "On a related note, have you heard from Russia or Austria? I'm curious to see if Russia plans to send A Moscow north or south."]
I don't really have a good read on Russia to be honest