 The proponent, Ionică Tăutu, was defeated in the "Divan" after the Russian consul sided with the conservatives (expressing the official view that the aristocratic-republican and liberal aims of the document could have threatened international conventions in place).On October 7, 1826, the Ottoman Empire—anxious to prevent Russia's intervention in the Greek Independence War—negotiatied with it a new status for the region in Akkerman, one which conceded to several requests of the inhabitants