>>212654683converting the country to Islam gives massive buffs to wartime morale and state control
they want to speed that up as much as possible, and it may well be the primary objective. They don't really gain anything by fighting at this point, but they're not really losing anything either since every man will be replaced.
The "economic cost" of Russia's loans will be forgiven because when peace comes around our elite will want to get the most out of trading with their elite and good businessmen tend to be pragmatic