Chapter 590 590 Silent Danger
Yugoslav Prime Minister Novaković is a Croatian, and his rise in politics began when he led a Yugoslav economic delegation to visit China, and cooperated with China to take a series of measures to save the Yugoslav economy from collapse, and finally made Yugoslavia once again an advanced country with a superior standard of living in Europe. Based on his outstanding contributions and outstanding economic ability, in 1996, Novaković was appointed Prime Minister by President Milutinovic. Because Yugoslavia, which implemented new political reforms, the presidency was more ceremonial and did not actually have much power, so Novakovic could be regarded as the de facto leader of the country.
Novakovic was able to successfully ascend to the prime minister's throne, and Qi Yiming naturally contributed. Because of his experience, Novakovic was branded as naturally pro-China, and Qi Yiming used his political power in the Yugoslav Federation to build up momentum in the Yugoslav Communist Party, making Novakovic become the prime minister of the Yugoslav Federation without any waves.
But after the Croatian became prime minister, Qi Yiming found that it was not the case at all. The prime minister became more cautious after taking power, originally he was quite talented in implementing policies, but soon Qi Yiming found that although this guy is very capable, he is indecisive and forward-looking, and belongs to the type that lacks courage and is embarrassed to take on a big job.
Negotiations for a military alliance between China and Yugoslavia were put on hold indefinitely, and Novakovich refused to join the military alliance with China on the grounds that Yugoslavia was a non-aligned country. Moreover, China's naval base in Split and the air base in Sarajevo were determined by him to be renewed for one year, which made Qi Yiming very unhappy. But for a while, he didn't want to slaughter him like this, and then replace him with his own people. After all, he was still in control of the situation in Yugoslavia, and in addition to the control over all levels of society, he also had a Red Police sub-base where he was located.
Another reason why Qi Yiming did not simply replace Novakovic is that although he did not completely fulfill Qi Yiming's intentions, he still has a hand in governing the country, and Yugoslavia's economy is developing rapidly, and some people even expect that Yugoslavia will catch up with Italy and Spain, two southern European countries, at the beginning of the 21st century and become one of the countries with the best economic level in Europe.
Moreover, he did not lose at the festival, he also knew that he was a CP person, did not get close to the European Union and the United States, and did not plan to join NATO, but he emphasized peace with all parties, and it seemed that he still had a softer personality.
At a time when the ******** in Yugoslavia was more intensified due to many factors, Novakovich advocated national reconciliation and used more gentle means to deal with those who had separatist tendencies, but the effect was not good.
As the leader of the red state, Novakovich was carried away by the so-called democratic reform of his country before the country, did not take the slightest tough measures, did not prohibit all kinds of negative speech circulating in the country, did not severely punish those extremists with separatist tendencies, and even openly declared that he would protect the freedom of speech of the Yugoslavs, which made Yugoslavia not calm down the fierce ******** after he ascended the throne, but on the contrary, a part of the radicals of various nationalities advocated the dissolution of the Yugoslav Federation. Establishment of an independent and sovereign republic.
Of course, the so-called GZJY group is also making a lot of noise, and there is a great deal of desire to complete the unfinished peaceful evolution of the late 80s and early 90s, and turn red Yugoslavia into a faded universal state.
At first, Qi Yiming was quite nervous, and wanted to use thunderous means to quickly solve the internal problems in Yugoslavia. But then Qi Yiming stopped himself, after all, Yugoslavia is not a country, even if there is some chaos, Qi Yiming is not too burdensome, and why is Yugoslavia chaotic, Qi Yiming wants to distinguish clearly, naturally it is the conspiracy of the United States and other Western countries behind it.
After thinking about this, Qi Yiming was not in a hurry to prescribe any medicine to Yugoslavia, but he wanted to see what kind of capital these Westerners had to play this game with him. For him, it may be very meaningful to have a strong and sound Yugoslavia when he was a second-level base, but after the third-level base, he has already established a sub-base there, which can instantly provide hundreds of thousands of troops to participate in European operations, and he is not too entangled in whether Yugoslavia is good or bad. The West wants to test China, and China also wants to test the West, so Qi Yiming wants to see how bold the Americans and their allies are.
There is another main reason why he dared not to intervene, that is, the forces supporting reunification in Yugoslavia are also quite strong and extensive, and although those extremist forces are loud, they are particularly clear because they are non-mainstream, and coupled with the amplification of people with intentions, it naturally creates the appearance that several republics in Yugoslavia are seeking independence. But in fact, the current Yugoslavs do not have much preference for independence and reunification, and Milosevic, who promotes Grand Serbism, was killed by Qi Yiming a long time ago, so no one at the official level dares to promote narrow nationalism.
Novakovic may be trying to do something bad after receiving a report from China's Strategy Bureau that the United States is secretly training ethnic Albanians to enter the Kosovo region. But the prime minister doesn't seem to be interested in this, and he seems to be more concerned about trade negotiations with China and the European Union, which can better develop his country through trade on the premise of protecting Yugoslav local companies.
Economically, Novakovich is indeed a good hand, Yugoslavia has had a GDP growth rate of more than 6 percent for many years, and as a moderately developed country, there is still such a high growth rate, which shows that this person has several brushes in the choice and implementation of economic policies. But the economic genius is a bit of a political idiot, he underestimates the ferocity of the West, and also underestimates the conflict situation that has been slowly stirring up at home.
In Kosovo, the poorest region of the Yugoslav Federation, more than 90 percent of Albanians live, and they are different from the Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, and Slovenes, who are the main subjects of Yugoslavia, in terms of religious beliefs and social traditions. In almost any period of Yugoslav history, Kosovo was relatively poor. Moreover, the local people are polygamous, and there is no restraint in childbearing, and the property is still relatively poor, which has caused the phenomenon of local poverty.
At a time when other parts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia were developing rapidly, Kosovo also developed to a certain extent, introduced some advanced Chinese agricultural technology in agricultural production, and established some high-level agricultural product processing plants, but on the whole, compared with the richer regions of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, such as Slovenia, the life of the Kosovars is not much better than that of the third world countries.
The imbalance in economic and regional development, coupled with cultural and religious differences, has kept the Kosovars at a certain distance from the Yugoslav subject, and after the West took advantage of the high-speed circulation of information in the Internet age to send all kinds of extremist ideas into Kosovo, extremists have continued to breed here.
On the other hand, Milosevic once forcibly took away Kosovo's autonomy, and even massacred the locals, coupled with some fueling the conflict, the contradictions between the Serbs and the Albanians became more intense, which eventually led to the outbreak of the Kosovo war. In the original plane, Milosevic has long said goodbye, and Kosovo's political autonomy has not undergone much change, but has made substantial progress with the development of socialist democracy throughout the country.
But these changes are not enough to calm the discontent in the hearts of the Albanians, who find it difficult to accept that they live in poverty and the most food and clothing, while the Slovenians, Croats, and Serbs of the same country live in luxury, not to mention that these people are still infidels.
Some Albanian street politicians irresponsibly indoctrinate the population with the idea that it is because Kosovo has not been given more autonomy that it has led to the poverty in Kosovo, and that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has invested more resources elsewhere than Kosovo. Kosovo's profits and taxes are also paid to the state, leaving no money to help the poor improve their lives.
This kind of rhetoric is known to anyone in the know to be false, and Kosovo not only does not pay taxes to the federal government every year, but also takes a large amount of aid funds from Slovenia and other regions. However, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has not yet learned to "refute rumors," and even the government's response has been slow, and after that kind of false remarks have been widely disseminated, a serious threat has arisen, and many Kosovo Albanians believe this statement, believing that the only way to make Kosovo live a better life is independence.
There are even some Kosovars who are close to Albania who believe that they are of the same ethnic group as Albania, and that if Kosovo is incorporated into Albania, they will certainly not be discriminated against and will be helped by their own ethnic group, so that they will develop rapidly. So, the idea of incorporation into Albania is also quite popular.
Originally, these grievances were just a small thought in the hearts of the Kosovars, and even if they were unwilling, they could only endure it and live honestly. However, one day, the Kosovars discovered a detail, some organized separatist organizations began to operate in Kosovo, they have a relatively sound and perfect organizational structure, and they also have a relatively attractive political program.
Just when the Yugoslav Communist Party perceived the unfavorable situation, the Kosovo Liberation Army, which was supported by the United States, first won the support of the local people in Kosovo with a relatively moderate image, and was ready to launch a large-scale independence demonstration to demand independence from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.