The Russian pressures for changes in the text were perceived by Wallachians and Moldavians as a drive to remove the territories from Ottoman rule and annex them to a much more centralised and absolutist empire.
Vene survet muudatustele tekstis pidasid valahhid ja moldovalased kampaaniaks eemaldada territooriumid Osmanite valitsuse alt ja annekteerida need palju tsentraliseeritumasse ja absolutistlikumasse riiki.