Chapter 32: The Biggest Separation Case in History!
(Because there were too many governments at the time, the most important thing was that their names collided with my rabbit names, and they would be harmonized, so the names of the various governments below were all changed to Alliance.) )
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After the end of the Tatarstan independence referendum, Utaru took Jia Lei to a grand celebration banquet, which was to celebrate the results of the vote on the one hand, and to entertain guests from all walks of life on the other.
"Jia Lei go! I'll take you to say hello to the people of the Ural Economic Community, so that you won't be troubled when doing business here in the future." As he spoke, Utaru led Jia Lei towards a small group of people.
"What kind of Ural Economic Community, why haven't I heard of it before?" asked Jia Lei curiously.
"As you know, the Soviet Union's material supply system has completely collapsed since last year, because of the Soviet policy, the industrial production products in each place are relatively simple, and most countries are not self-sufficient. Coupled with the complete collapse of the ruble in the first two months, several of our countries living near the Ural Mountains united to form this Ural Economic Community. Everyone completely abandoned the ruble and began to exchange goods with each other and barter to get out of the ruble's collapse. Utaru said.
To put it simply, the ruble is not good, and everyone has returned directly to the primitive means of bartering, and this kind of economic community is just a large bazaar composed of several nearby countries.
"It's not a way for you to barter like this, isn't it?" Jia Lei said with a frown.
"It's inconvenient and can't be helped! In this form, who would dare to use the ruble?" said Utarus, frowning.
"But as far as I know, the government of country E has decided to inherit the ruble, and the value of the ruble has now stabilized. At least this thing won't be a blank slate!" Jia Lei said.
As the sole successor state of the Soviet Union, country E has taken away all the property, deposits, diplomatic institutions, embassies and consulates and other political and economic assets of the former Soviet Union abroad. If it refuses to recognize the value of the ruble, other countries will not let it inherit the good things. As he spoke, Utaru introduced Jia Lei to the distinguished guests from the Ural Economic Zone.
"I'm still young and a businessman, so I will inevitably go to various countries to do business in the future, and I ask my uncles and uncles to make it convenient for me when the time comes!" Jia Lei said politely after greeting everyone.
"Of course! We have long heard that the old man has a particularly capable relative, who can get a lot of food and supplies. If you are going to do business in our country, we are especially welcome. Everyone present expressed their approval.
"Then I'll thank you all in advance! Don't worry, if you lack anything, you can tell me, as long as I can buy it, I will definitely ship it for you." Jia Lei immediately patted his chest and assured that the more business for him, the better.
This group of people is so enthusiastic about Jia Lei, it is still for food and various materials. After all, most of the daily necessities in various countries are now imported from China.
"That's good, our country is short of sugar!"
"If you have clothing and textiles, you are welcome in our country. ”
"I heard that the pork and beef in China are good, especially the canned products, which are quite affordable. Representatives of various countries spoke one after another.
In January 1992, the total grain reserves of country E were about 3 million tons, while domestic food consumption in E at that time was more than 5 million tons per month.
Of the 89 e-ross regions, more than 60 districts have no food reserves and flour and are "waiting for the rice to go to the pot". Therefore, when the guests from all over the world heard that Jia Lei wanted to do business, they immediately became interested in proposing the goods they needed, and Jia Lei was also happy that he had so many big customers.
But there is one most important issue for both of them to solve before the deal can be done......
"It's easy to talk about the transaction, these things can be bought in China as long as there is money!, but what should we do about the payment of these goods?" Jia Lei suddenly asked.
Most of the ......people here are in a difficult situation.
"Our countries are bartering now, but if we do business with distant Chinese people, I'm afraid this method will not work. Do you take rubles?" asked a representative of one country.
"I don't take rubles! Its exchange rate is depreciating too fast, and I only accept dollars and gold, as well as physical collateral. Jia Lei thought about it and said.
"Why don't you take rubles? Now the ruble exchange rate has stabilized, and the government of country E is practicing shock therapy. Prices and foreign trade operations have been fully liberalized, and you are not the only one who can buy things. If you don't accept rubles, we're afraid we won't be able to make a deal!" said one of the delegates unhappily.
"It is because of this shock therapy that I have no confidence in the exchange rate of the ruble. Since the introduction of shock therapy on February 1, the exchange rate of the ruble against the dollar has fallen to 200 rubles per dollar. Jia Lei said with a frown.
"1:200 is already good, at least now the ruble will work. If you don't want rubles, let's talk about the deal later!" said the others.
"By the way, I have to introduce a few other friends to Jia Lei, let's leave first. After Wu Tataru finished speaking, he took Jia Lei away.
"What you just said was a bit too presumptuous! Now that the value of the ruble is stable, the group of people are happy. You always say that the ruble will depreciate, and they are all angry. Utarus took Jia Lei to a corner of the garden outside and said to him.
"Don't I say that the ruble won't depreciate? You know, this shock therapy is a scourge, as long as this group of people does it. It won't be long before the ruble may not even be as good as paper!" Jia Lei said with a roll of his eyes.
"Are the consequences of this shock therapy really so serious? But I don't think so, it has been successful before! At least as soon as the statement of country E recognizing the status of the ruble, the ruble turned from waste paper into money again. Utarus said with a frown.
"What? You shouldn't be tempted by this shock therapy, right?" Jia Lei immediately asked suspiciously.
"It's not that I'm tempted, it's the people in Congress who are tempted! Because you warned me in advance, I have been working with a few friends to suppress that group of politicians and not let them practice this shock therapy in the country. Utarus said with a headache.
You must know that the whole country of E, except for Tatarstan, other countries have begun to implement shock therapy......
"I don't understand, as soon as shock therapy is introduced, prices will rise! Why do they still want to follow suit? Can't they see the depreciation of the ruble?" Jia Lei asked puzzled.
Yeltsin proposed to raise the salaries of public servants by 90 percent, pensions to 900 roubles per month, and other unemployment and relief payments. That's why this group of people are very supportive of shock therapy!" Utarus said with a headache.
You have to remember my words, you must manage this group of people in China, and don't let them follow into the pit of shock therapy. Jia Lei said solemnly.
"But a few of us can't suppress it for too long, and according to the current scenario, I can last two months at most. Utarus said helplessly.
"Two months is enough! It won't take too long for the disadvantages of shock therapy to be revealed. Jia Lei said confidently.
At that time, everyone was not unaware of the disadvantages of shock therapy, but the privatization advocated by shock therapy was welcomed by everyone. Everyone is bent on turning what used to belong to the state into their own! In this regard, I led people to prevent privatization, and many people were dissatisfied. Utarus said with a wry smile.
"Then do you want to give up?" asked Jia Lei.
At least His Excellency the President is supportive of my approach, and he thinks that this is how we can protect the stability of the country. Utarus said gratefully.
"Your new president is a very far-sighted man, and he will lead you to a good life. Jia Lei said.
"Forget it, it's too heavy, let's talk about something else!" said Utarus.
"Talk about something else? I really have something I want to ask you?" Jia Lei thought about it and said.
"Oh, what do you want to ask me?" asked Utarus.
"I want to ask you, how did its 15 member states divide up after the collapse of the Soviet Union?" Jia Lei asked curiously.
Although there was a general statement about this division in later generations, only the high-level people of various countries at that time knew how it was divided.
"You really have to ask me about this! Ordinary people don't know. Utarus said triumphantly.
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The biggest division in history is divided in terms of politics and economics.
The first thing that the USSR divided was the territory of the member states!
This is a good part, after all, before the establishment of the Soviet Union, the territorial scope of each country was basically determined. Therefore, the 15 member states have little territorial dispute.
Certainly not absolutely without controversy?
For example, the ownership of Crimea, the ownership of South Ossetia, and the ownership of Nagorno-Karabakh, of course, these small things were not important at that time, and these controversial places will be left to the member states to fight for themselves in the future.
After the 15 member countries have divided the general territory, they simply divide the territory!
Because they have more important things, the most important legacy in this partition is that all that the former Soviet Union left behind is debts and assets.
Speaking of inheritance, in fact, the Soviet Union had no money to divide at that time, because most of the money in the Soviet Union had already been taken after the August 19 incident in the Soviet Union last year.
On August 24, 1992, Gorbachev resigned from his post as leader of the Soviet Union, demanded that the CPSU dissolve itself, that the member states and local organizations decide their own future, and that the CPSU property be handed over to the Soviet safekeeping.
Unfortunately, his wishful thinking failed, and at the same time Yeltsin also issued an order declaring that all movable and immovable property of the CPSU and the Russian Communist Party belonged to the Eross state. And quickly dispatched armed forces to take over all the banks and vaults in country E.
"Don't you know that at that time there were more than 12 billion rubles and more than 50 million freely convertible foreign exchange funds in various accounts of the CPSU alone. When it comes to the meat in the mouth, who will spit it out! So the money in the Soviet Union was basically swallowed by the Eross. Utarus said, touching his chin.
No wonder Eross was so generous in assuming all the foreign debts of the Soviet Union, it turned out that the money was in their hands, and they didn't want to pay it back and other countries didn't agree. Jia Lei nodded and said.
"This foreign debt is not a small amount, and at that time the Soviet Union owed more than $20 billion in foreign debts to the countries of the international community. Therefore, while assuming all the debts, country E also demanded to inherit all the political and economic assets of the Soviet Union, such as property, deposits, diplomatic institutions, and embassies and consulates abroad. Utarus said.
"These things are also worth a lot of money, and there is no one in other countries who wants to fight for this inheritance?" Jia Lei asked curiously.
It is a pity that during the Soviet period, except for Eross and Azerbaijan, which did not need subsidies from the Soviet Union, all other countries needed subsidies from the Soviet Union in order to function normally! Most countries were poor, and countries such as Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, the five Central Asian countries, were even poorer! No one had money to repay their debts! The only one who could afford such a large amount of foreign debt was Eross, so after everyone discussed, Eross inherited all the debts and funds, and the money it originally seized did not need to be taken out and divided. Both the debts and the inheritance of the USSR go to country E itself!" Utaru said.
"This division is really reasonable! Anyway, I can't get it, so it's better to send a favor to country E," Jia Lei said speechlessly.
After all, at that time, many Soviet countries were so poor that it was a problem to even eat themselves, so how could they come up with money to pay off their debts!
And Eross was the strongest, the largest in the country, and naturally inherited the title of permanent member of the Soviet Union. And the rest of the family separation ceremonies are all led by him, after all, it is the uncle who pays off the debt.
Cash and debt are gone!
The rest is time to divide the inheritance......
The remaining legacy involves assets, mainly economic assets and military assets!
The so-called economic assets, such as factories, enterprises, and minerals, are divided according to the principle of attribution.
In other words, at that time, these things belonged to whoever was on the territory of the country!
According to this division, countries with a complete industrial system, such as Eros, Ukraine and Belarus, have a big advantage, and they have inherited a large number of military industries and other enterprises and factories.
After the economic heritage is divided, it is time to divide the military heritage, which is mainly the army and weapons, and the army is basically divided according to the principle of territoriality.
In other words, the military is owned by whoever is stationed in the country, and the military can also return to their own country according to their household registration.
Because the Soviet army at that time was mostly Erosians and Uklans, both soldiers and weapons belonged to the two countries with the largest share.
The highlight of the final breakup is here!
Nuclear weapon!
The most remarkable legacy of this separation is the nuclear weapons left behind by the former Soviet Union, which at that time were deployed in 80% of its nuclear weapons in the territory of Eross, and some in Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
As a result, these three countries inherited nuclear weapons that they did not know in their own countries, Eross inherited the vast majority, and Ukraine and Kazakhstan each inherited more than 1,000 nuclear weapons.
However, at that time, the economic strength of Ukraine and Kazakhstan could not be maintained at all, and they could not afford to raise these nuclear weapons.
In addition, at that time, Western countries were more afraid of nuclear weapons, and they took out money to encourage Ukraine and Kazakhstan to destroy nuclear weapons, so under the foolishness of the West and Russia, these two stupid countries destroyed their nuclear weapons and concentrated on quiet small countries.