After the incident with Yeltsin's speech at the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU, Gorbachev could no longer tolerate him.
Almost without thinking, he dismissed Yeltsin from his post as secretary of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee, and a few days later he was dismissed as an alternate member of the Politburo.
Gorbachev chose to side with Ligachev because he shared Ligachev's interests in dealing with the local leadership of those ministries and republics, that is, to strengthen the authority of the central government at the local level.
Now Yeltsin has been abandoned by power, and has changed from a busy traffic at the front door to a crowd of people, and in order to avoid being implicated, many of his close friends and subordinates in the past are afraid to come to the door again.
It was the first time in Yeltsin's life that he had suffered such a big blow, and he could be regarded as having seen through the warmth and coldness of human feelings, and the world was hot and cold.
However, what Yeltsin did not expect was that Seryosha's attitude towards him had never changed.
Just yesterday, Seryosha personally came to Yeltsin's door and suggested to Yeltsin whether he should go to the United States to inspect how other people's economies are doing, and then think about what went wrong with our reforms.
"I really want to go and see, Seryosha, but I am sensitive now, and I am afraid that Gorbachev will be angry with you if I accept your kindness."
Yeltsin said euphemistically, he is now a thorn in the side of Gorbachev and Ligachev, and it is too late for other officials to hide from him Although Seryosha has good intentions, how can he affect this sincere friend.
"It's okay, I can contact some foreign academic institutions and ask them to send you an invitation.
I'm still a bit of a celebrity in the U.S. business community, and next week Harvard University invited me to an academic conference on subprime derivatives, and I thought we could go together.
Seryosha replied.
Although Seryosha does not know if Yeltsin also had such a gloomy time in history, he firmly believes that Yeltsin will make a comeback, although the two people have cooperated closely in the past, but the icing on the cake is not comparable to the friendship in the snow.
Although Yeltsin's loss of power disrupted Seryosha's deployment, it gave Seryosha a chance to further unite with Yeltsin.
"If it doesn't bother, I won't shirk, I'm still waiting for the central government's next step for me, anyway, it's nothing, it's good to go out and see" Speaking of this, Yeltsin will no longer shirk, because this is Seryosha's kindness, and blindly refusing to shirk hurts Seryosha's sincerity, no one is afraid, what are you afraid of After the two agreed, Seryosha reported to the Central Committee.
Because Gorbachev will visit the United States in a few months, Gorbachev has recently supported normal exchanges between senior officials of the United States and the Soviet Union.
So Seryosha did not encounter any obstacles to his visit.
As for Yeltsin's visit to the United States, Gorbachev was anxious that this trouble would go as far as possible, so Yeltsin's visit was quickly finalized.
After receiving approval from his superiors, Yeltsin's depressed mood finally eased.
He happily asked his wife to help him choose a suit and pack his luggage.
He even prepared some small gifts with Russian characteristics, which he planned to give to the friendly people who invited him when he arrived in the United States.
When everything was ready, Yeltsin took off from Moscow on a special plane of the Soviet Civil Aviation and flew to the United States, the Soviet Union's biggest rival.
The plane to the United States had to pass through Europe, first of all in Paris, Yeltsin made a special stop in the duty-free shops at Charles de Gaulle Airport during the transit, which sold luxury goods, perfumes, cosmetics, leather goods, etc., at frighteningly high prices.
Yeltsin did not recognize these brands, and naturally treated them as ordinary commodities.
His monthly salary was just over 2,000 roubles, and he found that this was only enough money to buy a few bottles of perfume.
"It seems that the prices in Europe are also unattainable, and I heard that the economy in Europe is also not very good, am I being too harsh on Comrade Gorbachev?"
Yeltsin secretly reflected in his heart, if the whole of Europe fell into a situation of high prices and currency depreciation, then the bad price situation in the Soviet Union would not be so glaring.
Seryosha did not accompany Yeltsin around the airport, he had been hiding in the hotel and arranged a meeting place with Karim and Tonya in the United States.
The participation in the conference was just a pretense, and Seryosha only took the opportunity of the conference to meet his family in the United States.
After a one-night stay in Paris, Seryosha and Yeltsin continued their journey.
Yeltsin, who had been the local leader of the Soviet Union, had not been in the Moscow municipal party secretary for a long time, and it was the first time he had the opportunity to visit a country on the other side of the Iron Curtain.
At this moment, Yeltsin's heart was full of anticipation.
He was curious about what life was like for ordinary people in the United States.
When the plane landed in New York, the long flight was finally coming to an end.
When Seryosha left the airport, he asked Yeltsin what he needed, and Yeltsin said he wanted to walk around New York and see how the locals lived.
Seryosha happily assigned his driver to Yeltsin.
After some negotiations between Seryosha and the American receptionist, Yeltsin was granted permission to move freely.
Seryosha returned to the hotel to rest under the arrangement of the American side.
In fact, this invitation is just a play directed and acted by Seryosha himself, and even the university that sent the invitation is Eva's alma mater, so Seryosha actually has no restrictions on freedom at all.
Yeltsin sat in the car arranged by Seryosha and drove all the way towards the city.
The driver was borrowed by Seryosha from the Soviet Consulate General in New York, and he was naturally very familiar with the United States.
"Secretary Yeltsin, where do you want to go?"
the driver asked enthusiastically.
"I want to go to the American food store," Yeltsin said without hesitation.
The driver then dropped him off at the nearest Wal-Mart supermarket, as Yeltsin had suggested, and when Yeltsin walked into the warehouse-like building, he felt as if he had completely entered another world.
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He saw piles of potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage, and chunks of meat.
In particular, vegetable products are piled up like a hill, and there are all kinds of daily necessities and household appliances that fill this warehouse-like department store, and people even push carts to buy goods.
This made it incomprehensible to Yeltsin, who was in Moscow trying every day to cope with the shortage of supplies.
"Comrade driver, how much does it cost to buy such a bag of potatoes here," Yeltsin asked curiously.
"Today's sale, fifty cents," the driver replied.
"What about beef," Yeltsin asked again.
"Cheap beef, five dollars is enough for a family to eat for a week," the driver said.
When Yeltsin returned to the car, he asked the driver: "How many supermarkets like this are there in the United States" "I don't know, but it's available in almost every county in the United States," the driver replied.
Yeltsin's emotions at this moment could no longer be controlled, he took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and cried bitterly: "Our decades of socialism have been in vain, look at what we have done" t1706231537: