To the question of the sanctification of the saint for torture:
It is especially unfair that the martyrdom of a group of comrades, the saint, was given to the only one guilty among them. I don’t remember anything to call Dr. Botkin a saint. Even the former Tsarevich, an innocent painful boy, was bypassed.
It is very similar to how the Nobel Peace Prize is given today – you need something special, such as the creation of Igil.