Chapter 978: Trapped Beast
Rwanda's vice president and defense minister, Paul Kagame, began his three-day official visit to the United States on July 8, and the visit to Washington by the de facto controller of Rwanda did not cause much repercussions in the media.
Paul Kagame's visit to Cape Doume's estate was mainly to express his gratitude to Simon Westeros on behalf of the Rwandan people to Simon Westeros for preventing the tragedy of the Rwandan genocide two years ago.
From the Woodfield Manor bombing to meddling in the Rwandan war, to the subsequent elimination of an entire Glorious family in Italy, Simon has tried to minimize certain covetousness, including meddling in the 1994 midterm elections and the quietly completed 'Sword of Damocles' in addition to these violent means.
Especially since this is still an election year in the United States, what the Westeros system needs to do is to rein in its edge and avoid causing a backlash from all sides.
Therefore, Simon did not really want to entertain Paul Kagame, an African politician, at the Cape Doume estate.
After all, it really makes too many people think of too many things.
However, if it is not entertained, it will also have certain negative effects, starting with speculation about whether the Westeros system has completely failed in Africa, and the other Westeros allies may even be shaken by this, and the pros and cons will be arranged anyway.
Since it was decided, it was lively.
So by the way, a group of celebrity politicians in California were invited, and media interviews were arranged.
Too often, the media and the public focus is a little strange, as if people don't care about Paul Kagame's meeting with the president and other high-level Washington officials, but they are very interested in Simon Westeros' lunch menu when he entertains the African politician.
Others, of course, see more on other levels.
You must know that at the end of the Rwandan War two years ago, in the face of many people's concerns that the Westeros system might invade Rwanda, Simon chose to withdraw quite neatly, as if he was really a Robin Hood who did not care about gains and losses just to maintain justice in the world. Then, for two years, people even forgot what the Uyghur private army was doing in Rwanda, and some thought that the influence of the Westeros system in Rwanda had disappeared.
It wasn't until some time ago, when the Westeros system attacked France in the name of the Rwandan government, disgraced the Chirac regime, that everyone reacted.
A lot of people have responded as a result.
For example, the authorities in Angola dos Santos expelled the arms deal team of former French President FranΓ§ois Mitterrand's son, and completely turned to the Westeros system.
The line of sight is extremely high and far, and it is looked down again.
It seems that before you know it, the powerful influence of the Westeros system has spread all over the world.
Not to mention North America.
In addition, the Westeros system has carved out considerable influence in Asia, Africa, and Europe, with China in Asia, Rwanda and Angola in Africa, Ukraine in Europe, and even Russia looming in some cases. This seemingly unrelated move, unconsciously, has begun to affect the pattern of the entire chessboard.
Moscow.
Yeltsin received a report the morning after this luncheon.
After his victory in the election on July 3, Yeltsin was re-elected as president of Russia, and Yeltsin did not have much joy in his heart, not even relieved, because the Russian head of state's health was already in a precarious condition.
In fact, Yeltsin has been suffering from increasingly serious coronary heart disease since two years ago, and he has been secretly admitted to the hospital many times, but the results are not satisfactory. In addition, in the past six months, in order to run for election, Yeltsin has to go around all parts of Russia to canvass for votes, which has further deteriorated his physical condition, and it has reached a point where it is difficult to maintain himself without surgery.
Even on the polling day on July 3, Yeltsin personally went to the polling place to vote for himself in the public photos, looking calm, but outside the public photos, there was a whole medical team of the nearest guardians, who launched first aid to Yeltsin at any time.
The doctor's advice was to perform the operation immediately, but Yeltsin did not dare to take this risk.
Although the success rate of the operation given by the medical team of Kegong is more than 80%, it is not 100% after all, and once there is an accident, there will be no objection to the victory, so he must arrange as many things as possible to get on the operating table, which is definitely not something that can be completed in a day or two.
Moreover, the situation is simply a mess of mess.
At this moment, in the presidential office of the Kremlin Palace, Chubais Borisevich, who has played a key role in Russia's economic reform in the past few years and was the head of the presidential campaign, is discussing the appointment of the top level of the new Russian government with Yeltsin, who was looking through the materials of yesterday's luncheon at the Dume-Point Manor.
The current role of the Russian executive, who later became the father of Russian privatization, is more of a link between the Kremlin and Russia's many oligarchs.
It was already difficult for Yeltsin to even judge whether the other side was still loyal to him.
And, from Chubais's report, those oligarchs simply couldn't wait.
"Mr. President, Mr. President?"
Sensing Yeltsin's distraction, Chubais had to raise his voice to remind him, and some impatience flashed on his face, as if he thought that Yeltsin had drunk again against the doctor's orders, and had not yet regained consciousness.
Yeltsin raised his head from the information in front of him: "Well, what did you just say?"
Chubais reminded: "About Berezovsky's desire to become prime minister. β
Yeltsin shook his head slightly, and then said, "So, what do you think about this?"
"I don't think it's appropriate," Chubais said, "and Berezovsky's demands are really too much, he simply does not have any experience in governing at all, and if the other side is put in the position of prime minister, it will only be a disaster for Russia." β
"Well, I'll seriously think about it. β
Chubais was stunned for a moment, and what else to say, Yeltsin had already waved his hand: "I'm suddenly a little tired, you go back first, and we'll talk about this matter in the afternoon." β
Chubais was obviously a little unwilling, and said: "In addition, Berezovsky, Mr. President, he is still Jewish, which is also an important reason why he is not suitable to be the prime minister or even the top of the palace." β
Yeltsin finally showed some impatience: "You go back first." β
Seeing that Yeltsin was losing patience, Chubais did not continue, got up and left the office silently.
Waiting for Chubais to leave, Yeltsin leaned back in his chair with some irritation.
With the end of the election, Berezovsky, Potanin and other Russian oligarchs have no intention of restraining at all, and they are brazenly and impatient to demand all kinds of rewards from the Kremlin. Even the people around him he once trusted, such as the one who had just left, had their own careful thoughts.
What Chubais said just now, Yeltsin actually understood that this subordinate was actually from the Potanin family.
There is also a special mention of Jews.
Scold.
Speaking of which, among the major oligarchs, there are really not many who are not Jews, and Potanin is not a Jew. Yeltsin, on the other hand, did not believe that Chubais was a nationalist and that it was nothing more than his own interests, after all, the other party had a very close relationship with the American financial oligarch Soros in private.
Isn't George Soros Jewish?
The office door was pushed open again, Yeltsin's second daughter Tatyana walked in, let go and closed the door, looking at her father who was sitting alone behind the wide desk, Tatyana said softly: "Dad?"
Yeltsin finally had some smiles on his face, motioned for his daughter to sit down, thought about it, and suddenly asked, "What has that person been doing lately?"
Tatyana, knowing who her father was talking about, replied: "He has recently been reorganizing the Kremlin's various assets. β
The Kremlin, in many cases, is actually just a code name, and Tatyana's Kremlin assets are just a generalization, in addition to the palace in Moscow, which represents the center of state power, and also includes a huge real estate system related to the president throughout Russia and abroad.
The former Soviet Union was notorious for building holiday villas everywhere, and many assets were inherited by the Russian authorities.
Yeltsin nodded, hesitated slightly, and still didn't ask his daughter to summon someone over.
As for the former deputy mayor of St. Petersburg recommended by Simon Westeros, Yeltsin has almost shredded the other party's file resume in private, but except for the initial arrangement of a post of deputy director of the presidential affairs bureau for the other party, Yeltsin has never shown any special treatment during this time, and even said that he is a little cold.
He's still watching.
After all, this matter is too much involved, in case ...... In the future, a puppet of Simon Westeros will really be raised, even if according to someone's words conveyed by his daughter, once he sits in a certain position, it is impossible to become anyone's puppet, but, what if?
Yeltsin suddenly remembered one more thing: "Have you recently had contact with Mikhail Friedman?"
After saying this, it was discovered that since the dust settled on the election results, everyone else began to claim their own interests, and only Mikhail Friedman, the spokesman of the Westeros system in Russia, did not appear in his field of vision again except for a few words at the celebration dinner after the victory.
It seems to have been forgotten by many people.
Tatyana was obviously also very concerned about this matter, or rather, after all, she was more concerned about a young man, and nodded: "There was contact yesterday, Mikhail was in Estonia, discussing a telecommunications cooperation project with the local people. β
"Huh?"
Tatyana explains: "The Alpha Group has a mobile communications company that operates in a number of other countries in Eastern Europe in addition to Russia, and it is doing very well. β
Yeltsin nodded, and suddenly developed a strong dislike for the other oligarchs.
Those people only think about embezzling their country's assets, in contrast, the spokesperson supported by Simon Westeros is choosing to expand outward, perhaps this expansion is insignificant, after all, Estonia is a place with a big palm, but it is always much better than those moths that dig into the corners of the country.
After thinking about it, Yeltsin asked again: "Regarding the privatization of the State Telecom Holding Company, did Mikhail's side have any appeals?"
When she secretly approached Simon Westeros, Tatyana promised him such a gift, but Simon Westeros refused.
Even if his daughter had explained, Yeltsin still felt that it might be because Westeros was not very optimistic about the results of this election, after all, the privatization of telecommunications assets was a fattening business, and other oligarchs with a little strength were going through the struggle, and the two oligarchs, Berezovsky and Potanin, had even begun to fight for this.
Now, it just so happens that Mikhail Friedman's Alpha Group is also operating telecommunications in Russia, and it is undoubtedly appropriate to hand over this asset to the other party.
Tatyana shook her head.
Yeltsin was somewhat unconvinced: "Really?"
Tatyana also felt a little incredulous and said: "I also talked to Mikhail about this, and he categorically refused, because, well, there was no authorization from that person. β
Yeltsin thought for a moment and said, "I remember that Cersei Capital, a subsidiary of Westeros Systems, is helping Chinese telecommunications companies with overseas IPO operations?"
Tatyana also read this information and nodded: "Yes, the scale of this overseas listing is about twice that of the State Telecom Holding Company, and it is expected to raise about $4 billion." β
Yeltsin pondered for a moment and asked his daughter: "Tanya, you say, can we do the same and hand over the State Telecom Holding Company to Cersei Capital for an overseas IPO operation?"
At this time, Yeltsin, for those oligarchs who surrounded the palace like wild dogs, had already felt extremely disgusted in his heart.
Simon Westeros doesn't want the fat of the State Telecom Holding Company, he prefers to give it to the other party, and for those who want it very much, Yeltsin wants to make the other party have a carnival.
When Tatyana saw her father's words, her face showed a little ruddy, and she felt some pity in her heart, got up and poured a glass of mineral water for her father and handed it over, and when Yeltsin drank a few sips of water, his mind calmed down, and he was about to speak, Yeltsin himself shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Forget it, don't mention this matter again, let them fight for it themselves." β
A whim is destined to be just a whim.
Even though he was already very weak by this time, Yeltsin's political wisdom did not disappear.
If Simon Westeros accepts this gift, the other oligarchs may resent him when they know the news, but in the face of such a powerful power as the Westeros system, it is very likely that they will still choose to acquiesce. However, if Simon Westeros doesn't want it, and he doesn't give this piece of fat to other oligarchs, it will be tantamount to stabbing a hornet's nest.