TIME REMP 58:54
What is the purpose of addressing a counterargument in a rhetorical text?
Abel
O to identify weaknesses in an argument and to anticipate objections
O to accept a particular point that is in opposition to a writer's claim
O to disprove a particular point that is in opposition to a writer's claim
O to support the claim using facts, expert opinions, and statistics

answer: #1 is (a) however

explanation:

i’m pretty sure it is the second

the answer is: the start of world war i, and russia’s hopes of benefiting from it

during world war i russian joined due to in their current crisis they were being supported by france and the war was already declared to them by germany, they needed to maintain their political goal and leadership role in the balkans, and is the same feeling that this excerpt evoke the eager of maintain the land value.