Nicholas II. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 30Member of the Rada from the Opposition Platform — For Life party Oleg Voloshin recalled on Facebook the words of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II because of the situation around Ukraine. The parliamentarian quoted the monarch's manifesto on Russia's entry into the First World War. position, but, cherishing the blood and property of Our subjects, made every effort to achieve a peaceful outcome of the negotiations that had begun.In the midst of friendly relations, Germany, allied to Austria, contrary to Our hopes for a century of good neighborliness and not heeding Our assurance that the measures taken were by no means hostile to her goals , began to solicit their immediate abolition, and having met with a refusal in this demand, she suddenly declared war on Russia, «quoted the words of Nicholas II Voloshin. The deputy noted that, being in Belgrade near the monument to the king, he could not help but recall these lines from the manifesto because for «current events.» At the same time, as the politician pointed out, in the current situation it is impossible to imagine that diplomatic tension zion turned into hostilities.
"But still, something suggests that the current cynical and prudent era is poorly compatible with such a high "calm", such sincere delusions and such desperate deeds. And therefore, with all the similarities, there is reason to believe that a repetition of that tragedy can be avoided", Voloshin concluded.
The reason for the First World War was the assassination by Serbian nationalists on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Vienna presented Belgrade with deliberately unacceptable conditions for resolving the conflict, and after the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum was rejected, on July 28, Vienna declared war on Serbia. Bosnian Serbs erected a new monument to Tsar Nicholas IIFulfilling its allied obligations to the Balkan country, Russia began general mobilization on July 30. The next day, Germany in an ultimatum demanded that Moscow stop mobilization. Having received no answer, Berlin declared war on Russia on August 1. Germany then declared war on France, and Britain on Germany. Kiev and Western politicians have been claiming in recent months that Russia has amassed troops on the border with Ukraine. As emphasized in the Kremlin, the armed forces are moving within their own territory — this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. The Foreign Ministry explained that statements about «Russian aggression» are used as a pretext for increasing NATO contingents in the border regions, and such funny and dangerous.