Plausibility check - Russo-German alliance of doom?

Hello, fellow AH.commers!

I've been toying with a map idea recently where Germany and Russia ally in the late 1860s following greater French involvement in the Austro-Prussian War, and upon reading old threads on the question I've wondered if this scenario - AH/France vs Russia/Germany + whoever pisses off Turkey least + Britain if she deigns to get involved + whoever gets saddled with the Italians :rolleyes: - might be an idea worth pursuing for my first TL?

POD isn't concrete: I'd be most interested in whatever was least hideously implausible :p The 1866 POD is just an idea (maybe France gets whipped in Mexico earlier? Or form an open front with Austria in doing so?), but earlier seems better for those delicious butterflies. Anything after the late 1880s seems rather too late, but I'll throw it out there. :eek:
 
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