USSR 1991

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"President Mario, yes, yes, maybe President Mario is willing to help me." Mazier thought of the Americans at the most desperate moment. As long as Mario was behind him, no one would dare to do anything to him.After all, Türkiye was a loyal watchdog of the US government before.

However, the attitude of the United States made Mazyel even more desperate. When he tried to contact the White House, the answer he got was that the United States had no right to interfere in Turkey's internal political affairs.In other words, what happened to Mazier has nothing to do with the White House.

That's not what you said at the negotiating table.

When the outside world was extremely hot, the Turkish government stood up and announced that the troops wiped out by the Syrian army had nothing to do with Turkey. Turkey had indeed assembled troops on the border, but it was for actual combat exercises.

The Turkish government tried to suppress the rumors with lies. Once the Turkish troops are annihilated, the government bound by public opinion may eventually have to choose to declare war on Syria.

Maziel wasn't so stupid yet.

After Mario knew of Turkey's disastrous defeat in the Syrian operation, in order to prevent the other party from dragging him into trouble, he simply cut off contact with Maziel first.According to the White House chief of staff, this is a stop loss operation.What's more, the United States did not suffer any losses in this operation.

If Mazier, a tough military president, can step down, the United States is also very happy to see a Turkish president who is easier to control.Otherwise, the deployment of the anti-missile system will be delayed again and again, which is not good for the United States.Simply let Maziel step down early, and the CIA doesn't have to deliberately look for opportunities to kill him.

"We just have to wait. If Turkey changes its president, our strategic goal will be achieved this time. Supporting a pro-American regime is much easier than pulling down a powerful president."

Mario's calculations are very precise. Regardless of whether Turkey's actions are successful or not, the final situation will be beneficial to the United States.Winning is a blow to the Soviet Union.Losing is a blow to Maziel.And Mario is both right and left.

Since the Soviet Union did not suffer, let's get rid of the disobedient Turkey first.

Chapter 598 Frustrating OPEC's trump card

Sure enough, as Yanayev expected, on the third day after the Syrian offensive was blocked, Maziyer announced his resignation from the Turkish presidency at a press conference. The cards are out.And he lost completely in this gamble, and under the last resort, he elected Ahmet Necidet Sezer to power and became the new president of Turkey.

For Yanayev, the outcome was mixed.The winner is to keep the current Syria, not let Turkey provoke the turmoil in Syria, and maintain the stability of the internal affairs of the Middle East allies.The loss is that in this way, the Soviet Union may not be able to prevent the US military from establishing an anti-missile program in Turkey.For Yanayev, this will be a long struggle.

The oil production reduction plan announced by the OPEC countries is also continuing to torment Hashimoto Ryutaro. Since the start of the plan, the price of oil has increased by 10 US dollars per barrel. Oil trading countries.Japan, South Korea and China expressed indignation at OPEC's actions, but they had nothing to do.After all, they are the dominant crude oil prices in this world.

When the dollar is pegged to oil, the economic hegemony of the United States is revealed.

Ryutaro Hashimoto called Yanayev more than once, trying to replace the new agreed price in order to lower the oil export price in the Soviet Far East.The shrewd Japanese Prime Minister saw an opportunity. The reduction of oil production in the Middle East is a kind of pressure for them, and it is also a kind of pressure for the Soviet Union. Once the Asia-Pacific countries give up the deal under this invisible threat, then Yanayev All previous actions will be in vain.

Things have developed to this point, how could Yanayev tolerate failure.As the newly appointed Deputy Minister of Energy Development, Comrade Miller naturally entered Yanayev's eyes.As Putin's future Kremlin Eight King Kong, Yanayev included these young people in his cultivation.I hope that when the old guys retire from the system, they don't drag the young people down.Comrade Vladimir represents the future of the Soviet Union, while Yanayev and his colleagues who persisted in the August [-]th incident will bid farewell to the red republic as a past tense.

The Soviet can only be reborn, not perish.

For Miller, it is an extremely honorable thing to gain Yanayev's trust.Even he didn't know why he was able to gain the trust of Deputy Minister of Trade Dmitrev in a short period of time, and then he became the youngest deputy minister of the Ministry of Energy almost smoothly.

Yanayev just fell in love with the talent of this young man.For the old-fashioned bureaucratic system, it often suppresses the talents of young people.Even the Propaganda Department of the Soviet Union was separated from the system by Yanayev and became an independent department, which slightly saved the bad political propaganda image.

"What is Comrade Miller's thoughts on the news that the Middle East Petroleum Exporting Organization recently announced production cuts?"

Yanayev always had high hopes for the young man, and he asked Miriel to come to his office not to ask Miriel for advice, but to see how far the other party could go in the future through his attitude.

"The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has cut crude oil production by about [-]% in almost half a month, and at the same time, international oil prices have also begun to increase significantly. This is a provocation to our Far East development plan and oil export plan. General Secretary Yanayev, we can take advantage of this time to increase oil exploration and provide crude oil to Asia-Pacific countries.”

"Doesn't OPEC's bottom line come from its monopoly on the oil price market? As long as we can break this monopoly, their sanctions will be nullified."

The ambitious Miller said amazingly, "The best thing is to let the Asia-Pacific countries use rubles to settle oil. In this way, even the Americans cannot stop our oil sales."

Oil is pegged to the ruble. Miller's ambition is indeed not small, but Yanayev is confident that the Soviet Union does not have this ability. After all, the last country that tried to settle oil in euros has now been shattered by Tomahawk cruise missiles.As for the euro, which wants to challenge the hegemony of the US dollar?During the European debt crisis, Goldman Sachs Investment Bank almost cheated Greece, Spain, Italy and Germany by means of financial fraud.

At the beginning, Goldman Sachs helped the Greek government cover up a public debt of up to 10 billion euros through financial means, so that the Greek government met the criteria for joining the euro zone on its books, and successfully sent Greece into the euro zone.It also planted the seeds for the subsequent crisis.

If the European debt crisis is not a means used by the Americans to bring down the euro zone, then it is as ridiculous as the United States becoming a hegemon in order to maintain world peace.

No wonder capitalists became the biggest obstacle to the labor movement back then. The Soviet Union, which was undergoing economic reform, did not want to face a strong financial shock.However, these methods of Goldman Sachs would not work in the Soviet Union.Because the political economy of the Soviet Union was completely in the hands of the government, Yanayev did not need to borrow money from capitalists to maintain operations.And capitalists like the separation of powers the most, because only the capitalists with the separation of powers have the opportunity to use their dirty means to make money.Greek politicians betrayed the country, and the interests of the people were exchanged for their own votes. On the surface, bringing Greece into the euro zone is the best result for political performance.

"Using oil to settle rubles, the Soviet Union's economic strength has not yet reached this point. So Comrade Miller's idea is good, but it is too difficult to implement."

Yanayev just hopes that the euro will challenge the financial hegemony of the United States first, so that he can take advantage of the opportunity.Of course, when necessary, the Soviet Union will join hands with China to build an economic body, so as to be able to deal with the financial challenges from the West after the United States bloody the European Union.

Yanayev leaned on his seat and said slowly, "Comrade Miller, you still need to ask other people for advice on this issue. Our most important goal now is economic construction, not entangled in international affairs. Crisis. Therefore, the foreign policy of the Soviet Union for nearly six years has been mainly defensive rather than offensive."

Yanayev put a document on the table, "This is our last trump card to defeat Saudi Arabia and boost the confidence of Asia-Pacific countries. Adrenaline."

Yanayev's gaze became deep. It is estimated that those complacent guys would not have expected such a trump card in their hands.

Kara Sea Super Oilfield.

Chapter 599 Kara Sea Super Oilfield

"The Kara Sea super oil field? What is this?" Comrade Miller was very surprised, because no one had ever told him about this plan, and as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Energy, there was actually oil that he didn't even know about. mining plan.For Comrade Miller, this was a huge blow.

When he opened the document on the desktop, he was shocked by the content of the document. It recorded that since 1995, the northernmost oil drilling platform of the Soviet oil exploration department in the world was located in the Kara Sea north of Siberia, Russia. The exploration report of the oil exploration area, that is, a week ago, they completed the exploration in three areas of the Kara Sea, and the total reserves are initially estimated to reach 870 billion barrels.The total oil reserves of the Kara Sea oil and gas region are expected to be equivalent to the oil reserves of Saudi Arabia.This is a booster for the Soviet Union, which means that the Soviet Union may become an oil power comparable to Saudi Arabia.

Before Miriel recovered from the shock, Yanayev explained his original intention to him, "Sorry, Comrade Miriel. The Kara Sea super oilfield plan was a top-secret mining project of the central government two years ago, and it will not Disclose it to anyone. Not to mention you, even the Politburo knows about it. Very few people know about it. That's why you don't know about it until after the survey work is completed. And I also think it's time to announce this The best moment of the news not only strengthens the confidence of the Asia-Pacific allies, but also hits the arrogance of the Central Asian oil countries.”

Miller nodded. There is indeed nothing more exciting than the discovery of a super large oil field.An oil field with an oil reserve comparable to that of Saudi Arabia, I am afraid that Ryutaro Hashimoto's previous arrogance will be completely suppressed.

According to the trend of high oil prices in the 90s, Yanayev couldn't help smiling proudly when he thought that the Soviet Union could become the number one oil country.In this way, it is not difficult for the Soviet Union to adjust its economic structure. After all, there is a huge oil dividend income behind it.

Thinking about the discovery of the Kara Sea super oil field in 2014, the president of Rosneft was included in the sanctions list, and it was a tragedy that he was not allowed to cooperate with Mobil in development.Fortunately, now only one industrial sector of the Soviet Union can complete such a mining plan.It has to be said that a system that concentrates efforts on major tasks is a good one.

Yanayev said with a smile, "Now we need to ask Comrade Miller to hold a press conference to spread the news. Let OPEC realize the seriousness of the situation. As for the wording, how many Toughness can be as tough as it is, which is always in line with the style of the Russians."

"Okay, General Secretary Yanayev." Miriel had already thought about how to fight back against the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in his mind.

In the White House on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, President Mario is celebrating their victory. The production cuts of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries have already made Japan feel the pressure. The United States just hopes to continue to increase the pressure until no country in the Asia-Pacific region dares to buy oil from the Soviet Union. Their purpose of interrupting the Soviet Union's use of oil to spread its influence in the Asia-Pacific has been achieved.

All this is due to consultant Berger, who put forward the policy of using oil to restrict oil, which made the Soviet Union helpless.It's a pity that OPEC is not a group of people with one heart and one mind. After reducing production, internal voices began to increase production to cope with domestic economic pressure.

Berger National Security Adviser was very satisfied with the results this time. He said to President Mario, "But our goal has been achieved, and Hashimoto Ryutaro will soon have to bow to the American forces. Didn't see Hashimoto Has Ryutaro put the consumption tax on the agenda? What does this mean? It means that the Japanese government’s fiscal deficit has reached a harsh point. If taxes are not increased, Hashimoto’s second cabinet will collapse.”

"What should the Japanese government do if it has no money? One is to raise taxes, but the current Japanese economy is already in a mess. Raising taxes is tantamount to the collapse of the cabinet. But Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is at the end of his rope. He really can't think of it." Other ways. What if the White House of the United States proposes to lend money to the Japanese government at this time?"

President Mario laughed, "Then it means that the U.S. government can use debt to control the Japanese government and even the Japanese economy. Isn't Hashimoto Ryutaro getting close to Yanayev recently? Then we will create some gaps for them .”

"Yes, President Mario. That's what I envision."

The sudden ringing of the phone interrupted the conversation between Mario and Berger. President Mario answered the phone, and White House Chief of Staff Bowles on the other end of the microphone seemed a little anxious.

"President Mario, please turn on the TV now, please. CNN is broadcasting news about the Soviet Union."

President Mario didn't know why Bowles suddenly made this request. When he turned on the TV, CNN was interrupting a temporary news message.Because Comrade Miller's emergency press conference was so urgent that the CNN reporter in Moscow had not had time to notify other departments to relay the news.

At the press conference, Comrade Miller, the young Deputy Minister of Energy, was mentioning the Soviet Union’s Kara Sea oilfield development plan to everyone present. Miller, who stood on the stage, looked radiant, because this news is very important to Americans. A nightmare indeed.

"We have preliminarily proven the oil reserves in the three areas of the Kara Sea. How many barrels of the total estimated reserves are temporarily kept secret. But we can assure you that the total oil reserves of the Kara Sea oil and gas area are expected to be comparable to the national total of Saudi Arabia. The oil reserves are comparable."

Everyone gasped when they heard that it was comparable to Saudi Arabia.Even if Miller didn't mention the specific number, they can probably guess what a terrible astronomical figure it is.Saudi Arabia's total oil reserves are 1.8 trillion barrels. As for why Miller didn't mention the preliminary proven reserves, it is to create psychological pressure on the opponent.

"Everyone here please be quiet. We are full of confidence in the future project development of the Soviet Union's oil fields. At least the Soviet Union is not going to run out of oil resources as some countries say. We can prove to Western countries that the Soviet Union's oil is not only It will dry up, and will continue to serve our allies in the Asia-Pacific region, breaking the market monopoly of some oil organizations."

Pointing at the camera lens, Miller said word by word, "It's a pity that the West has once again proved their failure. We use actual actions to tell you that the Soviet Union is far stronger than you imagined. We will never will fall."

Chapter 600 Relationships with twists and turns