He's advising them on military matters. The Tsar was, I think, infatuated with him and his wife, certainly, because he claimed that he could heal their hemophilia, which is a blood disease that runs in families that hook up with each other. Now it's just gone off the wall and it's nuts. Rasputin, I think, is another reason for the Russian Revolution. The people don't, they already don't trust their government. Now they're hanging out and taking orders from that guy. Eeks.