Chapter 634: Money Opens the Way
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Originally, according to the plan, Chikokin only intended to give up Magadan Oblast, but the threat of the Americans forced Russia to compromise.
The dire economic situation has left Russia in dire need of an IMF loan.
Of course, Yeltsin promised to give it up because these lands now do not belong to Russia, but are occupied by Sakhalin.
Even if Russia does not give up, it is very unlikely that it will be able to get it back.
Unless war is waged.
But is this possible? Sakhalin has strategic nuclear weapons, and even if Russia cannot be defeated in a conventional war, it can retaliate with nuclear weapons.
It will be a lose-lose situation.
Now Russia and Sakhalin are sitting down to negotiate just to demarcate the state border, end hostilities between the two sides and sign a peace agreement.
As for how much land can be recovered in the negotiations, it can only depend on the bargaining chips in the hands of both sides.
And as things stand, it seems that Sakhalin has more chips than Russia, because Sakhalin has tens of billions of dollars in loans from Weixiong.
According to the information obtained by Russia, the annual interest rate of the $10 billion is only 2.21%.
Although slightly higher than loans to the UK and China, such annual interest rates are already super low in the international financial markets.
Russia, by contrast, had to accept the IMF's harsh conditions.
There is one more point that needs to be emphasized.
A peace agreement with Sakhalin must be signed, otherwise a prolonged standoff with a nuclear power will be very bad for Russia.
At least not conducive to the introduction of foreign capital in Russia.
You must know that the two sides have stationed a large number of troops in the southern border areas, and there have been some sporadic skirmishes some time ago.
To put it mildly, no one knows when a big war will break out.
Under such circumstances, who would dare to invest in Russia? Even Russia's own capital will be transferred out of fear.
This is a very real problem.
This is especially important in the current context of difficult reforms, which is one of the reasons why Russia is willing to make concessions.
In addition, separatist forces in Russia are becoming more and more rampant.
In addition to the de facto independence of the Chechen Republic, the Republic of Tatarstan, which had been pacified, began to stir up again.
Some of the republics of Siberia are no less restless.
In such a situation, Sakhalin's leadership is crucial, which makes it imperative for Russia to resolve the dispute over the state border with Sakhalin as soon as possible.
Pull the energy back.
All in all, Russia does not actually want to participate in the so-called Six-Party Talks.
But reality compels them to do so.
Chikokin poured himself another glass of wine and walked over to the couch to sit down, wanting to take stock of the morning's negotiations and what had been involved.
to better cope with the next negotiations.
At this moment, the doorbell rang, and he could only get up and go over to open the door.
Outside the door was her secretary: "Sir, the head of the Sakhalin delegation, Posarev, wants to see you, and there is a Hong Kong man who is passing with him. ”
Hong Kong people?
Chikokin frowned slightly: "Let them in." ”
With that, Chikokin walked back to the room, and after a while, the secretary walked in with Posaryev and a middle-aged man with yellow skin.
Chikokin signaled, and the secretary went out and took it with him.
Then he looked at Posaryev and the middle-aged man, his gaze lingered on the middle-aged man for a moment, and then he said in a flat tone: "Please be seated." ”
Posalev smiled faintly,
After sitting down, he didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "This time it's not me looking for you, but Mr. Gu, who is the chief operating officer of Weishi Holdings." ”
Chief Operating Officer of Webster?
Chikokin's eyes froze, what did he come to do with him?
He immediately thought that this should be what Wei Xiong meant, and then said, "I don't know what Mr. Gu came to Huasheng to find out." ”
Gu Guofu smiled.
Took out a document from his briefcase: "Russia is in dire need of money right now, and I believe that all the people in the world who have a little head know this." ”
"To this end, Standard Chartered Bank has specially drawn up a loan agreement, please take a look. ”
Hearing this, Chikokin frowned immediately, Standard Chartered Bank came to deliver the loan by itself, or did he come with Posarev?
As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be demons.
He wouldn't believe that Standard Chartered Bank was so kind, but he still picked up the documents and looked at them, and he read them one by one, very seriously.
After more than ten minutes, he put down the document and stared at Gu Guofu: "What are the conditions for your bank?"
According to the filing, Standard Chartered will provide Russia with a ten-year loan of $10 billion at an annual interest rate of 2.74 percent, with principal repayments at maturity.
The annual interest rate is higher than that given to Sakhalin.
But the loan to Sakhalin is for five years, so the annual interest rate is about the same, and even more favorable for Russia.
Compared with the annual interest rate given by the International Monetary Fund, I don't know how many times better.
This does not include any other strings attached.
How can such a loan Chikokin not be tempted?
Gu Guofu said: "The conditions are very simple, as long as Russia agrees to Sakhalin's territorial claims, what do you have to say until I finish speaking." ”
Checo King Kong was about to open his mouth when he was interrupted by Situ Kui.
"If Russia agrees, Nymphs is also willing to invest a total of $50 billion in Russia, covering a number of industries. ”
Chikokin's heart thumped.
You must know that 50 billion dollars is already equivalent to one-tenth of Russia's GDP today, and if it is true, its importance to Russia is self-evident.
After a moment's hesitation, Chikokin said in a deep voice, "Please wait. ”
With that, he got up and went into the bedroom, the matter was beyond his purview, and he had to report to Moscow for an answer.
In his bedroom, there is an encrypted satellite phone.
Direct access to the President's office.
After about ten minutes, he returned to the living room: "We can give up the Chukotka Autonomous Region, but Yakutia must be ours. ”
Gu Guofu shook his head and said, "No, no, no, you have to follow Sakhalin's request." ”
Chikokin's face sank: "This is already our bottom line, you must know that the entire East Siberia and the Far East are Russian." ”
Posalev said: "You also said it was before. ”
"If you really want to say that before, the Far East was Chinese a hundred years ago, is it possible that Chinese can also make territorial claims now?"
Chikokin snorted coldly.
In a low tone, he said, "That's the price of their failure." ”
Posarev sneered: "Then can I understand that if negotiations cannot solve the problem, Russia intends to use force." ”
"I'm afraid that before the war ends, Russia will disintegrate. ”
Chikokin's face changed, and then became more gloomy. This phrase hits directly at one of the biggest dilemmas facing the political level of Russia today.
Moreover, what Posayev said is clearly a threat of war.
And in addition to the frontal war, Sakhalin also intends to make small moves behind his back to set Russia's backyard on fire, and his heart is really reprehensible.
Gu Guofu shrugged his shoulders.
"Although I don't want to see this kind of scenario, if necessary, Standard Chartered Bank is willing to provide Sakhalin with all help." ”
Chikokin's eyes were full of cold light.
In the current situation of Russia and Sakhalin, it is not an illusion that there will be a war in the future if the issue of national borders is not resolved.
What is the war fought?
In the case that the difference in strength between the two sides is not too big, what is fought is economic strength.
And there is no difference between the armies of Russia and Sakhalin in terms of equipment performance and training, the difference is only in the number of troops.
But if there is a real war, it is clearly impossible for Russia to commit all its troops.
There are other directions to guard against.
For example, China.
The number of troops that can be put into it is in fact about the same as that of Sakhalin. In this case, no one dares to say that Russia can have an advantage.
The living room immediately fell silent.
After a long while, Chikokin finally broke the calm: "I can take one more step back and take the Indigirka River as the boundary and return to Russia to the west." ”
Posaryev said cheerfully: "Yes, but you must take ......"
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The fourth six-party meeting, scheduled for the morning of 16, was canceled, and the media who received the news were puzzled and did not know what had happened.
Delegations also declined to provide information.
On the morning of the 17th, Russian Prime Minister Gaidar made a surprise visit to the United States.
In the afternoon, Gu Guofu, chief operating officer of Webster Holdings, and Russian Prime Minister Gaidar signed an agreement for Standard Chartered Bank to provide a $10 billion loan to Russia.
A letter of intent for an investment of up to $50 billion was also signed.
The signing of the agreement was not open to the media, but the media got the news and hundreds of reporters from major media gathered outside the venue.
All they knew was that what was happening involved Merriam-Webster.
But I don't know what it is.
At 4 o'clock, Gu Guofu and Gaidar walked out of the venue surrounded by their entourage, and reporters who had been waiting outside the venue for a long time immediately rushed up.
Neither was interviewed and quickly left.
After 4:30 p.m., two agreements were signed between Webster Holdings and Russia, and the general content of the agreements began to spread in the media circles.
Everyone suddenly realized.
At the same time, the two agreements have been linked to the ongoing Six-Party Talks, which may explain why yesterday's meeting was cancelled.
Apparently waiting for the agreement to be signed.
So what is the purpose of these two agreements? Is it to get Russia to make greater concessions? If so, why did Webster do it?
What are the benefits of this for Weishi Holdings, or for Weixiong?
Some of these doubts were resolved at the meeting on the 18th.