Relevant.
They did that because in that moment they weren't sure to be the winning side of the civil war, in fact many corps and units, both russian and foreign, on the White's side were allegedly bribed out of the fight.
We had seen something similar in Serbia, the Obrenovic dynasty would never let malevolent influences through, so (((they))) brutally couped it and replaced with the Karadjordevic pawns.
Check out Alexei's tutor story, definitely intriguing, if you can read between the lines or find decent sources (consider how the reds scrapped the most of it for obvious reasons).
Rumors imply that he was poisoned with a particularly rare blood disease, and in his early trips to Germany with his father he was perfectly healthy, until that swiss-french-jewish figure appeared at the Czar's court as the Imperial Heir's tutor.
Habsburgs Austria offered a stay for the Alexei in the Carinthian mountains (through the German Kaiser's office) but Stolypin assassination and the worsening crisis closed that window.
Russia was played like a fiddle by the very same powers that staged their two revolutions, the serb one, the Italian king's and Austrian Empress assassinations... and Nikola caused his own demise, for being a good hearted, but short sighted ruler, allowing far too many snakes into his circle.

> TL; DR: with jews everyone lose, kikes belong on the pikes.

RT: https://poa.st/objects/ccfcc305-72a4-487f-bad7-2fbc75e597c6