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.
By the early 1900s, Germany had worsening relations with all of the following except "Austria-Hungary", since a wave of nationalism in Germany gave them the impression that Austria-Hungary was really a part of Germany anyway.
In the late 1400s and 1500s, the main reason for exploration in the New World was the need for alternate trade routes. They have no idea the Americas even existed, however.
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