Karenin approved in theory of public trial, but for certain high official reasons he did not quite sympathize with some aspects of its application in Russia, and he condemned these applications as far as he could condemn anything that had been confirmed by the Emperor.
Karenin, en principio, era partidario de la justicia pública, pero no estaba conforme con algunos detalles de su aplicación en Rusia, que conocía a través de su actuación ministerial y censuraba tanto como podían censurarse cosas decretadas por Su Majestad.