The British expanded their territory
Slavic and Scandinavian countries are very rich in resources, and Russia wanted to control most trade in Europe until the collapse of the Soviet Union. More trade = More power and they were still recovering after the HARD losses when the Germans' invaded Leningrad and the war.
To support your answer and give you credit when your teacher is grading your work.
Answer: it’s a phrase that’s orgin is from the darwinian evolutionary theory as the way of describing the mechanism of natural selection.
