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What if after expelling Napoleon from Russian territory Alexander and Napoleon struck a deal?

Strange as it may sound, the idea was supported by the Russian "super-hero" of 1812, Kutuzov, who hold an opinion that the only beneficiary from a further fighting would be Britain (*). There were later speculations on the subject as well, for example one made by Harold Nicholson "Congress of Vienna".

Strictly speaking, Alexander had a legitimate loophole because he declared that there will be no talks until the last enemy is expelled from the Russian soil so after this condition was fulfilled he had a complete freedom of action. Objectively speaking, by the end of this campaign both Russian army and economy in general were in a bad shape and Alexander's adventures in OTL 1813 - 15 made things MUCH worse. Someone less narcissistic would probably consider these factors to be more important than personal obsession and a questionable glory of being "Liberator of Europe" (who was screwed by the Brits politically and humiliated personally as soon as his services were not needed anymore). For the internal consumption the glory of defeating and expelling Napoleon would be enough.

So, let's assume that (however low the probability is) they struck a deal. Russia is getting some financial compensation for the damage and perhaps negotiates somewhat relaxed conditions for Prussia (and amnesty for Yorck & Co). Nappy also agrees not to push the issue of the Continental System as far as Russia is involved.

Of course, there is an issue of how Nappy is going to save his face but he still has a lot of troops all over Germany and more being raised in France to deal with that problem. Probably, he is going to publish a bulletin describing how he outmaneuvered Russians at Berezina. Being PR genius, he would come with something.

How things in Europe would develop from this point on?

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(*) Taking into an account that the British liaison officer at the Russian headquarters was Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, Kutuzov's antipathy to the Brits is quite understandable. :winkytongue:
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