Fan Wuzhi and the others did not stay in the hotel, but stayed at the liaison office of Fan's Investment Group in Moscow.

At the beginning, in order to facilitate contact and collect important intelligence on the Russian side, Fan Wuxian still made a lot of efforts, and also greeted Putin on this matter and asked him to take care of it, so the scale of the liaison office here is not small, in fact, in addition to his own people, there are some idle rooms used as hotels.

In addition to a few buildings, there are special bars, restaurants and dance halls, and even a high-tech network library, with a sign that is indeed a Sino-Russian folk cultural exchange center.

With such a big place, it is naturally very good to arrange domestic visitors, so that sometimes some friends who have close business contacts with Fan's Investment Group will come to Moscow and live here, one is convenient, and the other is to have their own people, so they can live more at ease.

The fireplace has long been lit in the room, which is also a tradition in Russia, and the temperature is still relatively pleasant, especially when it is cold and snowy outside, it is very interesting to drink some soju at home, eat some barbecue and smoked fish, and listen to music with Russian folk style.

"Xiao Fan, does your company have offices in which countries?" Although Luo Lin wore a fur coat, she still did not adapt to the Russian weather, so as soon as she entered the house, everyone else was busy packing up, so she moved a chair and sat down by the fireplace to make a fire.

"Not necessarily, mainly countries with trade contacts, basically big countries have them, Europe is almost complete, the Americas are too, Africa is lacking, but in the future, there will probably be a few branches in Africa." Fan replied, then frowned and said, "Why do you call me Xiao Fan?" Remember to call your brother-in-law in the future! ”

Luo Lin snorted, obviously not buying it.

Fan Wuxi didn't have any temper with this cheap sister-in-law, so he asked Xing Dalin, the head of the Moscow Liaison Office, a question, "What is the situation on the Russian side recently?" ”

"It's a tense relationship—" Xing Dalin replied.

Recently, the Russian media published a set of data from the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center, which shows that more than 35 percent of voters support the United Russia party, 16 percent support the Russian Communist Party, 13 percent for the Just Russia party, 11 percent for the Russian Freedom Cooking Party, 5 percent for the Yabolu party and the right-wing Freedom Alliance, and some support is distributed among small scattered parties.

Xing Dalin said, "Putin personally led the United Russia party to run in the election, which has greatly changed the nature of the election campaign, which is the heaviest weight on the electoral scale, and the party is simply not in the same weight class as other political parties." Just from the data, it can be seen that the support rate of other parties is not low, but it is difficult to unify, otherwise there is still a lot to be done. ”

Fan Wuxian nodded after hearing this, Putin's United Russia Party is only just over one-third of the support rate, if it is not for the current leaderless opposition, as long as they can build a coalition against Putin, the results of the next Duma and presidential elections will change greatly.

There are also party leaders with little influence, who are completely incapable of communicating with people in plain and simple words, and who have little means of doing so, and who have tried to replace the role of the media with direct action, demonstrations and blockades, but have not been taken seriously and have been ineffective.

"What the opposition lacks is a core force and financial support." Xing Dalin was obviously not in vain in Moscow, and he knew the situation here well.

However, Xing Dalin also said that some political forces opposed to Putin have recently tried to take revenge on the political oligarchs, and according to the information released by the Russian intelligence service, there are currently more than 600 so-called non-political axe organizations from the West in Russia, and their activities are funded by hundreds of millions of dollars.

In addition, there are nearly 10,000 social organizations in Russia that have been funded by various Western funds, and some Russian financial oligarchs who fled to the West under Putin's blow have also secretly funded various domestic foundations, and the ultimate goal of such foundations is to change the current political axe and oust Putin from power.

From last summer and autumn to the beginning of this year, anti-Putin forces staged several large-scale events called the Russian March around Moscow, and caused chaos through large-scale clashes with the police. The main Putin opposition has also announced that it will launch mass protests in 20 Russian cities this month, when the rally will display signs with the slogan "Russia without Putin", making it the largest protest in Russia in recent years.

Then Xing Dalin talked about Putin's speech at the 5,000-person rally yesterday, mentioning that his attitude suddenly became tougher.

The countdown to the election of the Russian State Duma is the backdrop of Putin's unprecedentedly harsh condemnation of the opposition, so this kind of speech has a strong electoral color, which is in contrast to Putin's many strong diplomacy with the West this year.

The aim of both is to create the image of a besieged fortress, to arouse patriotism among the Russian people, and to ensure that the party supported by Putin's axe and whose banner is to defend the national interest wins the Duma election again.

Regarding Putin's high-profile criticism of the Russian opposition for receiving funds from foreign embassies, Fan believes that Putin's move is mainly to highlight the opposition's association with the West, implying that the opposition, as a puppet of the West, will not serve the interests of the Russian state and the people, but will only dance to the baton of the West.

There are many political parties in Russia, but the opposition that Putin refers to this time is mainly several right-wing political parties and a coalition of right-wing forces, and the liberal color of these parties is often reminiscent of the color revolution forces in Ukraine, Georgia and other countries, and the West's support for them makes the Russian political axe very vigilant.

Since the beginning of his term of office, Putin has taken measures such as amending the law on political parties, the election law, and the law on non-political organizations to prevent Western forces from interfering in Russia's internal affairs and preventing the West from stirring up trouble by supporting proxies in Russia, thus further weakening the power of the liberal opposition.

Under the current circumstances, the opposition forces have suddenly risen again, and the purpose of Putin's efforts to suppress the opposition is to seek greater advantages in Russia's future political structure.

Xing Dalin reported to Fan Wuxian about the work here and introduced the news of Russia, while the staff had already arranged lunch.

"I was worried that Mr. Fan and Miss Luo would not be used to eating food from Russia, so I prepared two flavors, both hometown dishes and Russian folk food, and I hope Mr. Fan and Miss Luo can eat well." Xing Dalin said with a smile.

Fan Wuxian waved his hand and said, "I don't have to eat tabooly, Miss Luo should be about the same, thank you for your hard work." ”

In a short time a blond Russian girl came up smiling, dressed in what appeared to be their national costume, and was greeted with a plate of toasted bread and a small dish beside it, in which a small spoonful of salty salt was placed.

Luo Lin didn't know what it meant when she saw this, but Fan Wuzhi had been to Russia, so she said to Luo Lin with a smile, "This is treating you as a VIP, hurry up and break a piece of bread and eat it with salt." ”

Luo Lin felt a little curious, but she did so, which caused the blonde Russian girl to purse her lips and laugh.

After eating the bread, Fan Wuzhi explained to her that in Russia there is a saying that salt and bread are friendship, respect, and it is a symbol of Russian hospitality.

The specific reason is that in Russia, salt and bread have historically been precious. There are some sources that show that salt was a priceless treasure in Russia in ancient times, and that there was salt only at the banquets of distinguished guests, and there were not many of them, and those who did not have salt were either dishonored guests or people who were not popular with their hosts.

"Salt is the most precious thing in Russia, and it is cherished by the people, and if anyone wastes it, even a little, it will be despised." Xing Dalin added with a smile, "There is a saying in China, the road knows the horsepower, and it is said that the people will be heard for a long time. It is said that to know how a person treats you, you must take a long time to know. And in Russia there is a proverb with the same content, to know how a person treats you, you must eat one pood of table salt with him. There are about more than 30 catties of pood, think about it, how long does it take to eat a pood if you only eat a little salty salt at a time? ”

The Russian food on the table is made by authentic Russians, so Fan Wuxian and Luo Lin are very happy, and the other party specially makes Russian folk dishes such as beetroot soup, vegetable salad, red sausage, mashed potatoes, fried fish, caviar, etc., and drinks vodka and home-brewed dark beer, which feels really enjoyable.

Luo Lin came here for the first time, so she naturally felt that everything was very novel, but she noticed that Fan Wuxian took some information from Xing Dalin's hand from time to time to look through it carefully, and sometimes frowned, obviously it was something that made him feel upset, and the conversation between Fan Wuxian and Xing Dalin that she inadvertently heard was not far from the current situation in Russia.

Luo Lin probably has already realized this, although this place is called a liaison office, but in terms of its scale and the quality of the work it is mainly engaged in, it is actually the intelligence center of Fan's Investment Group in Russia.

(To be continued)