Ka cika wannan jumla: A lokaci ɗaya, dukan manyan ƙasashen Turai sun yi aiki don su rage tasirin Rasha a Kudu maso Gabashin Turai, wadda ta fi ƙarfi a Montenegro. Sanin yanayin mutanensa, Danilo ya ƙi yin sulhu game da ikon mallaka na Montenegro har ya guji matsin lamba daga Turawa. A lokaci guda, Rasha ba ta cikin wani matsayi don taimaka wa Montenegro bayan shan wahala a cikin Crimean War a 1854. A cikin na gaba
Majalisar Paris a 1856, wakilan gwamnatin Rasha ba su da isasshen ƙarfin da za su goyi bayan buƙatun Montenegrin don 'yancin kai da faɗaɗa ƙasa. Koyaya, gwamnatin Rasha ta amsa takardar Danilo "cewa gwamnatin Rasha koyaushe ta amince da 'yancin Montenegro kuma koyaushe za ta yi hakan ba tare da la'akari da matsayin sauran manyan ƙasashe ba". A lokacin tafiya zuwa Daular Faransa ta Biyu, Danilo ya sami taimakon kuɗi (200,000 francs a shekara) daga Faransa, yana fatan cewa Faransa za ta tabbatar da amincewa da ikon mallaka na Montenegro. Ta wannan hanyar, Napoleon III ya yi fatan wannan zai kawo Montenegro kusa da tasirin Faransa a kan Rasha. Wannan aikin na Danilo ya jawo wa kansa magabta da yawa, tun da yake mutane da yawa masu iko a Montenegro sun ɗauki wannan a matsayin cin amanar Rasha.