That afternoon, the members of the Russian Embassy in the Great French Empire, under the orders of the Russian Envoy, began to evacuate in an orderly manner. A mountain of documents was rudely thrown into the burning fireplace for destruction, and the internal staff and servants of the embassy were dismissed. In full view of everyone, the Russian Envoy personally took down the national emblem from the premises of the Russian Embassy in France.
The removal of the embassy's emblem implied that Paris would not have a Russian Embassy for a long time. It was precisely this act by the Russian Envoy that made all the foreign envoys in Paris realize that the Russian Empire and the French Empire were likely to face a severe diplomatic crisis, possibly even a war.
A portion of foreign envoys who maintained good friendship with the Russian Empire (Greece) and were almost allies (Prussia) could not sit still after hearing the news of the Russian Envoy's departure from Paris.
