Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Panguva imwe cheteyo, masimba makuru ose eEurope akashanda kuputsa pesvedzero yeRussia muSoutheastern Europe, iyo yakanga yakasimba zvikuru muMontenegro. Achiziva mafungiro evanhu vake, Danilo akaramba kubvumirana pane zvakatongwa neMontenegro achidzivisa kusvika pakumanikidzwa nevaEurope. Panguva imwe cheteyo, Russia yakanga isingagoni kubatsira Montenegro pashure pokukundwa muHondo yeCrimea muna 1854. MuCongress yakatevera yeParis
muna 1856, vamiririri vehurumende yeRussia vakanga vasina simba rakakwana kutsigira zvinodikanwa zveMontenegro zvekuzvimiririra uye kuwedzera kwenharaunda. Zvisinei, hurumende yeRussia yakapindura tsamba yaDanilo "kuti hurumende yeRussia yagara ichiziva kuzvitonga kweMontenegro uye ichagara ichidaro pasinei nezvinofungwa nedzimwe nyika dzine simba". Paaienda kuUmambo hwechipiri hweFrance, Danilo akagamuchira rubatsiro rwemari (200,000 francs pagore) kubva kuFrance, achitarisira kuti France yaizoona kuzivikanwa kwepamutemo kwehutongi hweMontenegro. Nenzira imwe cheteyo, Napoleon III aikarira kuti ikoku kwaizounza Montenegro pedyo nepesvedzero yeFrance pamutengo weRussia. Chiito ichi chaDanilo chakaita kuti ave nevavengi vakawanda, sezvo vanhu vakawanda vaiva nesimba vokuMontenegro vakachiona sokutengesa Russia.