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Russian prosecutor sez Czar's abdication was illegal

2015-07-16

Crimean Prosecutor Natalia Poklonskaya said that the document of abdication of Nicholas II from the throne lacked a legal force. Such a statement she made at the ceremony of unveiling a monument to the last emperor of the Romanov House in Livadia.

"This is a copy paper, signed in pencil, without complying with all necessary legal and procedural procedures, forms, so this paper does not carry any legal force. All this is well understood ", - said the prosecutor.

Poklonskaya also drew an analogy with some attempts to rewrite the history of the Great Patriotic War. She emphasized that the document was signed by Nicholas II in the history books is "presented as alleged abdication."

Posted by:badanov

#7 European royalty --- quite inbred

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-07-16 23:26

#6 I'm still waiting for some Russian genealogist to find evidence that Putin's great grandfathe was a Romanov by-blow.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-07-16 15:52

#5 Perhaps old spook is on to something. The idea of a permanent monarch like Western European democracies, but with real power and a puppet Prime Minister.... so perhaps the idea is to paper his way to the top and enable his plan for Imperium to be legitimized?

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2015-07-16 13:42

#4 By extension, iff the Royals get wiped out by Islamist-Jihadist Terror, Russia will have a legit or credible claim to the throne of Britain

Russia doesn't have the Romanovs anymore. The last sprigs of the family live in Paris and New York, as I recall, and seem remarkably unsuited to either reign or rule, though perhaps the younger generation has developed skills other than pretentions to the throne. Nor can I imagine Russia successfully enticing the head of the family to move back to Moscow, given the proclivities of the current ruler.

As for the abdication being legal or not, the fact is that the Russian branch of the family was slaughtered, so it was certainly a de facto removal from power, if not de jure -- and with centuries of historical precedent, both at home and abroad.

Posted by: trailing wife 2015-07-16 11:03

#3 By extension, iff the Royals get wiped out by Islamist-Jihadist Terror, Russia will have a legit or credible claim to the throne of Britain, besides the Royal's other local or overseas relations of course.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-07-16 02:25

#2 Putin wants the Romanovs to return to Russia and to reinstate the Russian Royal Family.

Posted by: badanov 2015-07-16 00:45

#1 Putin looking for an angle?

Posted by: OldSpook 2015-07-16 00:22

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