Faced with irrefutable evidence, Yazov was speechless in astonishment.
He never expected that the enemy would penetrate so deeply.
Fortresses are always breached from within, recalling all the amazing actions of Ulyanov when he was the head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.
Yazov was even more convinced of the veracity of Kryuchkov's accusations.
"Who else knows about these things," Yazov asked Kryuchkov cautiously.
"There is no one but you and me, and one of my subordinates," Kryuchkov replied in a low voice.
"Don't make any noise about this matter, find an opportunity to ask other comrades for their opinions, and remember that all comrades who have openly expressed their support for Ulyanov must not be tempted, so as not to startle the snake," Yazov explained.
"Can't we join forces and take control of Ulyanov?"
asked Kryuchkov, puzzled.
"Comrade Kryuchkov, unless you want to turn the USSR into a country ruled by a military junta, there has always been no good reputation for military intervention, Ulyanov's problems are too complicated, the economic lifeline of the USSR is almost in his hands, and we have to admit that his contribution to the USSR is still very large.
But he also committed the unpardonable sin.
If the Soviet government is continued to be controlled by these people, what is the difference between the current policy and the destruction of the party and the country?"
The military can defend the country and control Ulyanov in the name of quelling the traitors, but they cannot really replace the government to keep the country running.
The KGB and the Ministry of Defense alone could deal a fatal blow to the enemy, but in that case, the Soviet Union would face a worldwide blockade, and the fledgling economy would likely slide into the abyss again.
So the military must unite with the politicians in the party.
The army does what the army should do, and politicians do what politicians should do.
Only then will the damage to the country be minimal.
Although the Ministry of Defense and the KGB knew some of Seryosha's secrets, they still decided to hold their ground.
Accumulate more power in the shadows first.
If we can win over more party comrades to control Ulyanov through non-military means, it is of course the best choice, otherwise we will really go that far, and the consequences will be unpredictable.
Kryuchkov and Ulyanov were already secretly colluding and discussing how to deal with Seryosha.
But Seryosha didn't know about it.
At this moment, he was still running around for the economic construction of the Soviet Union.
Construction of a pipeline from Kuwait to the Mediterranean Sea has begun.
Seryosha intends to invest in Syria, a staunch ally of the Soviet Union, to build a large petrochemical base that will radiate across the Arab region.
For an Arab country like Syria, which has always been friendly to the Soviet Union, Seryosha sincerely wants to nurture it.
For Seryoshah, Saddam Hussein is too difficult to control, Kuwait is too weak, and only Syria is the most reliable in the Middle East.
Economic matters are important, but Seryosha's ultimate goal is to replace the future European Union as Europe's largest economic and political organization, with the single market organization he created.
At present, in Eastern Europe, with the exception of the former East Germany, which was annexed to West Germany, there is still one piece of the puzzle in the socialist camp that has not been included in the unified market.
And this last and most important piece of the puzzle is now a hot potato, which lies in front of Albania, which is desperate to join the unified market, so that it cannot be completely linked geographically.
This hot potato is Yugoslavia, and Seryosha excluded it from the unified market because Yugoslavia is now experiencing a serious civil war conflict.
The Balkans have been the powder keg of Europe since ancient times.
Just a few days ago, after Slovenia declared independence, the predominantly Serb-dominated Yugoslav army launched an attack on Slovenia, followed by the declaration of independence of Croatia, and the local Serbs and Croats broke out again in armed conflict, and the current Yugoslav leader Milosevic called on the Serbs to go to Croatia as volunteers to maintain the unity of the country.
Then the battle escalated again.
In addition, the Albanians of the province of Kosovo also declared independence earlier.
In total, there are two republics and one autonomous province in Yugoslavia that are at war.
Yugoslavia, as an alternative in the socialist camp, always maintained a respectful attitude with the Soviet Union when it was at its strongest.
Yugoslavia was the only one in the European socialist camp that did not join the Warsaw Pact.
When Tito was alive, no nation dared to declare independence, but with the influence of Gorbachev's new thinking in Eastern Europe, nationalism began to rise in Yugoslavia, a union of six republics, and conflicts between the various ethnic groups continued.
National grievances are also deepening.
In addition to the ethnic question, the religious question was also the most troublesome issue for the Yugoslav government, and this small southern European country had three forces at the same time: Orthodox, Catholic, and Islamic.
Although Bosnia is not yet embroiled in the fighting, the fighting between Slovenia and Croatia clearly sets a bad example for the Bosnian Muslims.
The Yugoslav civil war was, of course, unfortunate for the Yugoslavs.
The same is true for Albania, which is separated from the main countries of the single market by Yugoslavia, which is very detrimental to the Albanian economy.
At the same time, the European Community, which is in serious competition with the single market, is actively vying for the right to speak in Yugoslavia, and the United States is also interested in deepening its influence into it.
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So for Seryosha, if you don't want the European Community and the United States to expand their voice in Eastern Europe, the Yugoslav problem must be resolved.
Just before the outbreak of the civil war, the Yugoslav government had submitted an application to join the Unified Market.
But the application was then shelved by Seryosha.
One of the reasons was that Seryosha knew that Yugoslavia was a troublemaker.
But now that the European Union has taken action, the United States is eyeing it again.
Seryosha had to think about the Yugoslav problem in advance.
Most of the ports of the unified market organization are now concentrated on the Baltic and Black Sea coasts.
In the Mediterranean, although Albania's ports were vital to the Unified Market, Yugoslavia isolated Albania from the Unified Market countries by land, making it impossible for railways within the Unified Market area to reach Albania.
Once the EC takes Yugoslavia and Albania will sooner or later become the EC's meal, Seryosha's unified market will completely lose its Mediterranean ports.
So Yugoslavia must not be lost. t1706231537: