Bayan ya gaji dan uwansa da kuma saboda karuwar fadace-fadacen cikin gida a tsakanin Golden Horde , Ivan a takaice ya yi wasa tare da ra'ayin barin al'adun gargajiya na Moscow ga Mongols da kuma hada kansa da Lithuania, mai girma iko a yamma.An yi watsi da wannan manufar da sauri kuma Ivan ya tabbatar da amincewarsa ga Golden Horde.Masu zamani sun bayyana Ivan a matsayin mai son zaman lafiya, mai mulkin kama karya, wanda bai yi kasa a gwiwa ba ko da lokacin da Algirdas na Lithuania ya kama babban birnin surukinsa, Bryansk.Ya kuma yarda Oleg na Riazan ya ƙone ƙauyuka a yankinsa.Koyaya, cocin Orthodox sun taimaka wajen ƙarfafa ikon Babban Yarima.Ya sami taimako da yawa daga mai iko Metropolitan Alexius.Kamar ɗan uwansa, Ivan II bai yi nasara ba kamar mahaifinsa ko kakansa game da faɗaɗa yanki.