Chapter 233: The Future Oligarchs

In fact, oligarchs refer to a small number of sellers, and to the big monopoly capitalists or groups of monopoly capitalists who control the huge financial capital and actually control the lifeline of the national economy and state power. Generally speaking, the number of manufacturers in the oligopoly market is small, and the manufacturers are interdependent, the price is stable, and it is relatively difficult for manufacturers to enter and exit.

However, Russian oligarchs have a special meaning, Russian oligarchs refer to the big capitalists who became rich overnight in the privatization process in the 90s of the 20th century. You must know that on Wall Street or internationally, those who can be called big capitalists all have strong strength in the capital market and have strong financial foundation.

The nineties of the 20th century was a special era for Russia, an era that all the Russian people will never forget, or rather, it was a dark age.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 91, Yeltsin came to power, in order to stabilize the regime, in order to change the status quo in Russia, or in other words, under the impetus of certain interest groups, the regime headed by Yeltsin carried out privatization reforms.

Regardless of the results and achievements, not to mention the impact on the development of Russia, this process of privatization has really fattened a lot of speculators, and as a result, many oligarchs have been born......

In the early 90s, many people in China made a fortune by doing Sino-Russian trade, specializing in pouring living materials from the border to Russia, and then pouring leather, steel, etc. from Russia. At that time, these people were all called the fallen masters, and most of them made a fortune, of course, some of them were buried at the border, and some of them were sunk in the rivers.

A few years later, many of the fallen masters have changed and grown into well-known entrepreneurs in China, the most famous of which should be Zhong Qimou, this guy is bold, but he also did something, holding a bunch of cans, stunned to let him exchange a few planes from Russia with unhurried performance, which was rumored to be a grand event for a while, and the limelight was unbeatable for a while.

Of course, these so-called speculators who have made a fortune are nothing compared to the Russian oligarchs, and these unfortunate people, at best, some small businessmen with courage and vision have made some small fortunes, and they are really nothing compared to the oligarchs who wantonly embezzle state property with the support of Russian officials, absolutely leaving those in the know stunned.

Just like the Vantaa Project, if it had not been exposed later, it would have been inconceivable that such an individual had secretly stolen more than 20 trillion dollars in assets from the Soviet Union. The benefits of privatization reforms, if added up, are absolutely above this value, not below.

During the period when the Academy of Social Sciences sorted out the information, Liu Xun specialized in studying those materials, which really made him very dumbfounded, and even once thought that Russia was the best country in the world, although later, with the increase of experience, this concept has changed, but in that special time, Russia's ** degree can definitely rank among the top three in the world.

Liu Xun can still remember an incident in 96, when it seemed that in March, Yeltsin secretly summoned seven financial oligarchs, namely Berezovsky, President of the United Bank, Gusinsky, President of the Bridge Bank, Vinogradov, President of the International Commercial Bank, Smolensky, President of the Capital Savings Bank, Friedman, President of Alfa Bank, Khodorkovsky, President of Menajet Bank, and Malkin, President of Credit Bank of Russia.

At that meeting, between Yeltsin and the seven men, an agreement was reached: bankers provided financial support to ensure Yeltsin's re-election; Yeltsin, for his part, promised to safeguard the economic interests of the oligarchs. Since then, a new political vocabulary has emerged in Russia: the "seven oligarchs".

But in fact, in the privatization reform, there are far more big capitalists and big oligarchs than these seven, and they did not appear in 96.

In fact, on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the oligarchs of the Far East had already begun to sprout, and Vantaa was arguably the first and most fruitful oligarchs.

Before 96, there were already many oligarchs in Russia, and some successful oligarchs were far more powerful than these seven people, obtained more assets and had stronger strength.

Most of these seven well-known oligarchs did not end well in the end, and those who fled fled and took refuge in refuge, but some other oligarchs with little reputation, who always made a fortune in silence, did not come into the sight of others until many years later. Obviously, Wall Street's financial giants belong to this category of people, and the Wall Street giants have entered Russia, definitely not because of Liu Xun's relationship with the reborn little butterfly, in another time and space, they should have similar actions, but their secrecy work is done well, even if the Vantaa plan is declassified, their original actions are not known to the world, which shows the energy of these people.

Of course, Liu Xun's little butterfly naturally caused some impact, for example, Zhou Peiwan participated in this feast of dividing up property.

Yes, the privatization reform in Russia is also an activity of oligarchs to divide up Russian property.

"Auntie, I'm looking forward to this, one day in the future, my aunt will be able to become a big oligarch in Russia and an existence that Yeltsin will look up to. Hmph, since Yeltsin has lured the giants of Wall Street into the house in order to gain the support of Western conglomerates, he must be ready to be devoured by these evil wolves. ”

In fact, when Liu Xun was sorting out these materials at the Academy of Social Sciences, he was also puzzled for a while, because, according to his calculations, the assets that Russia was embezzled in the privatization reform are far more than the number of assets owned by those oligarchs.

It was not until now that he listened to what Zhou Peiwan said, and Liu Xun knew that Russia's privatization reform has always been driven by Wall Street conglomerates, and these financial giants are the biggest blood-sucking locusts in Russia, and the Russian oligarchs are as docile as little sheep compared to them. That huge difference naturally fell into the pockets of these financial giants.

"Stinky boy, poor mouth, dare to love in your heart, auntie is a wolf and a locust, hum, ...... next time we meet" Zhou Peiwan naturally understood what the oligarch meant, but her attention was deliberately focused on the last half of the sentence, dissatisfied with the analogy made by Liu Xun.

Liu Xun cracked his mouth and smiled gently, he could think of the aunt on the other end of the phone, pouting and pretending to be angry......

"Auntie, do you dare to say that when you go to Russia, don't you decide to go to Russia to take advantage of others? Didn't you settle down and pay attention to Yeltsin? Isn't it ready to take advantage of the fire to rob and become an oligarch in Russia? Hey, the giants of Wall Street are not good people who give good intentions at will. ”

"I see, you kid is turning around and saying that your aunt is not kind, hum, isn't it?" Zhou Peiwan wrinkled Xiao Qiong's nose and continued to play word games with Liu Xun.

"Uh, auntie, let's get down to business."

Liu Xun was also a little helpless about Zhou Peiwan's occasional little daughter's behavior, but since Zhou Peiwan talked to him, it also showed that the worldly ravine had gradually dissolved between the two, and success seemed to be just around the corner.

"Okay, get down to business."

Zhou Peiwan sighed slightly, it seemed that she had suddenly changed from a little woman who was still coquettish to Liu Xun just now to a strong Wall Street woman in the financial market, if someone stood next to her at this moment, she would find that the lovely woman with Xiao Qiong's nose just now became an iron lady-like existence in an instant.

"You're right, Wall Street, how can there be good people, since the door is open to us, be prepared for heavy bleeding. Of course, although Yeltsin said that he was luring the wolf into the house this time, he had to do it as a last resort, even if he knew that he had a part-time card to do so, he had to grit his teeth and go down. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, domestic instability, Yeltsin's regime, and the aggressive demands of the 19 members of the Paris Club on the return of more than $10 billion in loans from the Russian side, he also had to submit to the bigwigs on Wall Street for the sake of his own future. ”

"Auntie, sooner or later, you will also become a big man on Wall Street......"

"Don't interrupt." Zhou Peiwan interrupted Liu Xun and continued, "According to our plan, with the support of the Yeltsin regime, we will enter some areas that are impossible to enter by force, and gradually encroach upon. ”

"I understand, auntie, you are preparing to control Russia's electricity, oil and gas, power, metallurgy and financial industries, involving basic people's livelihood, such as tap water and natural gas, electricity, etc., and gradually control basic industries. If it is put on weekdays, it is impossible to be controlled by foreign forces, but the current situation in Russia is different, so it is naturally another matter, I am afraid that without the support of your capital groups, Russia's basic things that maintain the foundation of people's livelihood will not be able to be maintained. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )