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Based knower. Russia tried to force its way into southern provinces and failed even before western intervention (they will change their strategy in 1878 and win to some extent). Russia was fighting to not pay imports duties.
It was also severely butthurt because France was the main guardian of oriental Christians by muslim powers (ever since the middle ages). Overall Russians were totally useless to oriental Christians (including "Orthodox" that never really in communion with Moscow) while it's ally missions that convinced the Sultan of abolishing the Christian restrictions in the empire which was the golden age of oriental Christians.
Framing the war in Crimea as traitorous westerners is a low IQ, low information take.