Rasputin's Advice

There are multiple documented instances where he did directly offer his advice and opinions to the Romanov family. The first occurrence just a few days after Rasputin’s first meeting with Nicholas and Alexandra when Rasputin sent Nicholas a letter addressing matters of state; he “instructed Nicholas on what he must heed in this trouble time” and offered him confidence and belief to strengthen his resolve (Smith). The Okhrana, the tsarist secret police, reported that in 1915, Rasputin advised the Tsar on specific policy matters after the Revolution of 1905 of how he told Nicholas it was “still too early” to grant Russia a constitution” (CITE).
The next example of influence was his advice with regards to the Austrian and Balkan war. Rasputin