 In its critical and accusatory articles against the State Duma, liberal and leftist radicals the newspaper often went beyond censored limitations and hence was repeatedly harassed for libel and defamation.In 1905-10 it was warned 13 times; 6 times it was fined at a total sum of 11.000 rubles, and 18 rooms were seized.Having supported in 1914 the slogan of "the war to the bitter end", in the course of World War I the newspaper abandoned it in favour of calls for the alliance with German monarchy for the sake of saving both country from the impending revolutions.