Chapter 690: August
In August 91, if the situation in the Soviet Union was continuous, there were twists and turns in the short term, first Soviet Vice President Yanayev, Defense Minister Yazov, and KGB leader Koryuchkov jointly imprisoned Soviet President Gorbachev, and unilaterally announced that Gorbachev was no longer able to perform his duties, so the vice president performed the duties of the president of the Soviet Union on his behalf, and they believed that Gorbachev's reforms were too radical, which was equivalent to the disintegration of the Soviet Union in disguise, and it was precisely for this reason that this was the last internal self-salvation of the Soviet Union.
However, on August 19, the authority of the Emergency Committee formed by the Vice President of the Soviet Union had not yet been established, and the country was still digesting and waiting to see.
Just three days later, on August 21, Yeltsin, who had risen to the status of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, suddenly mobilized the force of his army to take control of Moscow in an instant, and, basically, arrested and killed those on the emergency committee list.
It can be said that the stupidest thing about the group of fools of the Emergency Committee is that they just thought that it would be enough to imprison Gorbachev and announce the establishment of the Emergency Committee in the media. It was not at all thought that a large-scale use of the army would take control of Moscow. Moreover, these people are also soft-hearted, and do not dare to kill political opponents at all, hoping to leave a better reputation.
However, as written by the victors of history, Yeltsin's faction had already gathered a part of the army and, in the name of a once-in-a-lifetime counterinsurgency, went on a killing spree. As a result, a group of high-powered conservative bureaucrats died without knowing how to die!
After Yeltsin returned to Moscow with his army, he suppressed the Emergency Committee. Gorbachev was also because of the loss of prestige, and he was afraid that Yeltsin would kill him, so Gorbachev talked to Yeltsin, and the issue of retirement benefits after that, obviously, he was ready to take a back seat, and cooperate with Yeltsin to completely settle the CPSU and the Soviet Union.
After August, Lin Qi kept calling Diana in Moscow, after all, Lin Qi was still more concerned about Diana's safety than the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Diana said she is relatively safe for now, and the political battle has not affected her business. On the contrary, in the two turmoils, both factions have wooed her, but she did not stand in line easily.
Until, after Yeltsin's victory, the city of Diana began to sell goods at low prices to cooperate with the Russian government to stabilize prices. Although, Yeltsin was a believer in shock therapy, believing that radical market reform was the way to go. The common people starve to death, that is, the common people are poor and the people are lazy, they will be eliminated by the market, and the government will never be able to help, and if it helps, it will interfere with the market, which does not meet the requirements of Western economists. Western economists demand, in essence, to let Russia go into shock, suffocating to death.
In fact, the future era of Yeltsin's shock therapy will be even worse than in the Soviet era. So much so, a few years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, many people regretted it, thinking that it might have been better if the Soviet Union had been prevented from collapsing. Of course, this actually has little to do with the Soviet Union or Russia, and it mainly depends on the IQ of the leader.
A ruthless man like Yeltsin, like Gorbachev, is a bull in political struggle. But in other aspects, it is very bad, at least for people's livelihood and the economy, there is a lack of care and compassion.
To put it simply, Yeltsin was only a worm for the West to listen to its words, however, even so, the West would not be able to help solve Russia's border problems, but would gloat and fall into the trap. Say, I'll give you democracy and freedom, what more bread do you want? Isn't it too greedy?
However, the problem was the crux of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the essence of the loss of popular support was due to the lack of bread, not to various other democratic and liberal issues. If the Soviet Union had not been the leader of the final stage, it would have been so stupid that the Soviet Union, a big country, had been made to look like that, I am afraid it would not have disintegrated.
"Diana, the collapse of the Soviet Union in the future has become a settlement, but the greedy politicians and oligarchs in the early days will definitely be liquidated in the future. So, I hope you look a little better at the division of the wealth of the Soviet Union, at least a little better than the others. As for oil and natural gas, you can't touch it, the water is too deep. Sooner or later, Russia will attack the oligarchs because of economic problems, especially the oligarchs of oil, natural gas and other resources!" Lin Qi sorted out his emotions, "But at this stage, from the Soviet Union to the early stage of Russia, the public security will definitely not be good, but for the big capitalists, it is extremely free." Because, these people have been brainwashed by the Western economy, superstitious about the non-interference of the government, and the shock therapy of the market itself. This therapy, now the West itself does not fully follow, especially after the 29 years of the Great Depression, once the West encounters economic problems, the government will definitely use fiscal and monetary means to intervene, only stupid will dogmatic non-interference. Of course, I am right to you when I say this, and you should not go out and go against the Russian authorities. ”
Looking at the oligarchs liquidated by Putin in later generations, it is equivalent to being related to resources. Oligarchs in other areas also have repressive behavior. However, those that do not affect Russia's mainstream financial sources are rarely liquidated.
Oligarchs in other fields are similar to resource oligarchs, and many of them have a bad process, relying on the collapse of the Soviet Union and the early shock therapy reform in Russia, a large number of whales swallowed or empty white wolves, and a lot of wealth has been obtained.
Putin's liquidation of oligarchs is not essentially that Putin likes to fight corruption or turn over old accounts. The more critical problem is that Russia has financial problems, and later Russia deindustrialized, and a large number of pensions and other government welfare expenditures need fiscal revenue to maintain, and the importance of these pensions and welfare expenditures Putin knows better than anyone else. Therefore, for the sake of fiscal revenue, popularization began to liquidate those oligarchs.
Many oligarchs who have found overseas have escaped, mainly because Putin does not value the little deposits in overseas accounts, but the resources of oil and natural gas. Running overseas will not take these resources with them, and after the resources are re-nationalized by the Russian government, the export of oil and gas can solve a considerable part of the financial problem.
It is for this reason that these things should not be touched, these things will be the lifeblood of the Russian government in the future. Yeltsin was stupid, shock therapy, regardless of people's livelihood and economic problems. However, Putin, who later learned his lesson, regarded the issue of people's food and social stability as the most important issues.