The Franco-Russian Alliance, or Russo-French Rapprochement, is an alliance formed by the agreements of 1891–94; it lasts until 1917.
The strengthening of the German Empire, the creation of the Triple Alliance of 1882, and the exacerbation of Franco-German and Russo-German contradictions at the end of the 1880s leads to a common foreign policy and mutual strategic military interests between France and Russia.
The development of financial ties between the two countries creates the economic prerequisites for the Russo-French Alliance.
