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78 - Reasons for the break with Napoleon: the growing awareness of the ever more obvious plans of world domination against Russia by the Emperor, the disapproval of the seizure by the emperor of the Oldenburg Holsteins, closely related to the Tsar, and the fears of Napo leon's Polish plans - Napoleon wanted to secure a base here for himself in all cases against Alexander, who in turn regarded Poland as a Russian area of interest - for Russia the economic policy considerations were not at the last place due to the close ties between the Russian and the English economies, which were beneficial for both parts. Napoleon's attempts to displace the English in Russia by means of French trade failed because of the unfavourable connections, the long distances and the expensive land transport and the uncoordinated economy of both countries. The French sales team, weakened by the long years of revolution and war, was not capable of the necessary capital investments. To this end, the French trade was countered by stricter customs regulations on the part of the Russians. 2) Despite all the frictional surfaces already existing, the meeting with England was at that time still the most natural policy for Russia. Not without reason did Napoleon say that he was going "to beat the English in Moscow". The break with Napoleon l8l2 brought by itself a new rapprochement between Russia and England, which now had an effect until the prostration of the Corsican in close cooperation between the two soon allied states. The skilful English vice-admiral Saumarez, who ruled the East Sea with his fleet, was able to unite the Swedish and Russians in the state of war with England on his flagship. On July 8, 1982, under Swedish mediation, the Treaty of Oerebro was signed- 1) Diaperband p.229. 2) Stählin 3, p.176