It was not popular among those who supported the Tsar because it made him seem like a "weak autocrat incapable of controlling his wife or maintaining his moral and political authority." This weak and inept image of the Tsar created by Rasputin is supported by one of his ministers who states that “he did not like to send Rasputin away, because if Alexei died, in the eyes of his mother, he would be the murderer of her son”. own son." This shows how great an impact Rasputin had on the Tsar and the