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The German states refused to let him march through and the British did their best to ensure that it was so since they supported both revolutions, particularly the Belgian one.

I mean, what's "Russian national interest" in an era of absolute rule? A map painting Russian player in Victoria would of course benefit from watching powers on the border breaking up, but Nicholas I wanted to suppress revolutions across Europe. He even wanted to put down the Belgians and...

The Hapsburgs need to fall apart. The Prussians can be convinced to take a populist crown, the Hapsburgs can't. And the Hapsburgs falling apart was possible, even probable if the Russians didn't help them put down the Hungarians.