USSR 1991

Yanayev's face darkened in an instant, and he said in an unhappy tone, "Comrade Pugo, Comrade Kryuchkov, you who maintain stability must understand one thing, and that is where the crown of power in your hand comes from. I can make you crowned kings, but I can also make you useless. Do you care about your colleagues, as long as I am still in the position of general secretary for a day, I am the only one who can attack you. "

Yanayev's words are very clear. Since you are unwilling to carry out the task of the great purge, then don't blame me for another person to carry out the iron-blood policy, and it's hard to say whether you will be liquidated by then.

There was no room for bargaining, so Pugo had no choice but to take it. He wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead and asked, "I don't know how many people will be arrested in this big purge?"

"One-third, at least one-third of the total number of government officials must be replaced." Compared with Stalin's near-annihilation achievements, Yanayev chose to deal with it cautiously, "and according to the sentencing standards, the corrupt officials who were shot The more members the better, oh, especially those officials who yearn for Western freedom, this is the focus of attention. And we need the public to see the determination to rectify the corrupt bureaucracy, so as to regain confidence in the Soviets."

What Yanayev hates the most is those guys who eat inside and outside, while shouting freedom to criticize the system, while preparing to launder the black money he greedily pocketed into a legal source of income after the country's collapse.He can't wait to get out a lot of money these people have swallowed in their pockets, and then reward them with a bullet.

"What about the vacated positions of those officials who were shot?" Kryuchkov asked. Compared with the execution of officials, the huge empire lost so many gears in an instant, which would inevitably affect the operation of the state machine.

Yanayev had expected this a long time ago. He pointed to the thick personnel files on the table and said with a smile, "Do you think I haven't decided on a candidate yet? Those on the list given to you There must be no one less, and conclusive evidence is needed to make them confess their guilt and feel the punishment of communism."

Pugo and Kryuchkov looked at each other silently, with the same thoughts in their hearts. It seems that President Yanayev is really planning to attack the deep-rooted bureaucratic group.Just relying on his tough methods alone, can everyone bow their heads and surrender?

Chapter 31 Inquisition

A red-headed document released in early September 1991 gave all Soviet government officials a faint sense of danger of imminent turmoil, whether it was high-ranking dignitaries or unknown grassroots personnel.This document is about the need to strengthen the advancement and purity of party members.Those old foxes with rich political experience knew at a glance that there might be a fierce turmoil behind this document.

Reminiscent of Yanayev’s merciless way of cleaning up his political opponents with ease and uprooting those people’s supporters, a chilling thought came to many people’s minds, the political purge.

Yanayev is like the guardian of the Soviet, picking out the speculators and corrupt people parasitic on the Red Empire one by one, and then throwing them into the court to wait for a justice.If he could, he really wanted to have an Inquisition-style heresy ruling, and send this group of people to the stake at the Campo de' Fiori.

Smolensk City Party Secretary Pavlov was one of the first high-level people to see that something was wrong, so after Yanayev published this red-headed document, he has been planning to flee to the Western world.Even in the second half of the Brezhnev era, due to economic difficulties caused by low production efficiency, the top leaders of Smolensk did not distribute materials generously to those people, but hoarded them and amassed money wantonly.Therefore, the secretary of the municipal party committee has a joking saying of "the moth of the heroic city" in the word of mouth of the citizens.

Secretary Pavlov controlled the distribution of materials and local privileges in Smolensk. Along with Gorbachev's democratization movement, he subtly transferred the people's dissatisfaction with the bureaucracy to the system, vigorously promoting democracy and The importance of freedom is convenient for preparing for the whitewashing of plundering the country's property.

"I'm afraid there will be a big turmoil." Pavlov, who was heading to the airport, sighed. His secretary carried the luggage and put it in the trunk, ready to drive the Smolensk City Party Secretary to the airport.

He had already secretly transferred the collected stolen money abroad, and then went to Western Europe to apply for political asylum under the banner of going abroad for inspection. During the Gorbachev period, the policy for the Soviet people to go abroad was relaxed, so Pavlov had the opportunity to escape.

"You must escape from a damned country without human rights." Pavlov secretly thought that when he cursed the Soviet Union in his heart as a dictatorial tyranny that suppressed human rights, he forgot that he was a government elected by the people official.

"Secretary Pavlov, we can go, everything is ready." The young secretary pushed his glasses and said to Pavlov. As the secretary secretary responsible for Pavlov's daily work, Ikhalmiki This young man from Odessa became Pavlov's confidant in just half a year. Lose all.

Pavlov turned his head and took a last look at the villa that had been with him for five years, then reluctantly opened the car door and let the driver drive him towards the airport.When he was leaving, he suddenly had a strange thought, did he never have the chance to come back here in his whole life, and would spend it in a foreign country?

Pavlov, who was in a dull mood, stopped thinking about these troublesome things and was about to divert his attention. He called Ihalmiki, "Ihalmiki, what are your future plans and where are you going? Landing?"

"Me?" Hearing the secretary's question, Ihalmiki thought for a while and said, "Probably I will buy a white house by the Seine River in Paris, and drink coffee on the balcony when I have free time." , read books. Then I will come back when this country truly realizes democracy and freedom.”

"Hehe, very interesting idea." Pavlov said, "I'm different from you. I hope to use the money I saved to open a listed company in the United States, and then continue to create wealth. After all, I yearned for European and American companies when I was a child." The life of the rich." Speaking of his ideals, Pavlov's eyes showed a greedy look of desire for wealth.

"Comrade Ichalmiki, I'm a little sleepy now, take a rest before arriving at the airport, and then you can wake me up." Ichalmiki, who had been frightened by the red-headed documents for the past two days and didn't sleep well, yawned. Leaning his head on the back of the chair, his upper and lower eyelids slowly merged into one heavily.

"Okay, I promise you, Secretary, will have a big surprise when you wake up." Looking at Pavlov who was gradually falling asleep, Ikhalmiki said with a smile, his eyes were as cunning as a fox sizing up its prey.

"Hmm..." In a daze, Pavlov didn't know what Ikhalmiki was talking about. He only hoped to end this Soviet nightmare as soon as possible. On the land of freedom, enjoy the sunshine of Wenxi, California.

I don't know how long it took, but Pavlov's shoulders were shaken a few times. He struggled to wake up from the dream of Miami Beach and the sun, opened his eyes and asked in a daze, "Ichalmiki, Are we at the airport yet?"

"Pavlov, we haven't arrived at the airport." Secretary Ikhalmiki's voice was a little cold, especially when he heard him call his name directly, Pavlov, who realized that something was wrong, quickly opened his eyes , trying to struggle to get up, but saw a scene he least wanted to see.

Ichalmiki pointed a pistol at Pavlov in the passenger seat. Pavlov turned his head and saw KGB agents standing outside the car window. Without exception, they all looked at him with the same indifferent expression as Ichalmiki. Looking at the poor secretary of the Smolensk municipal party committee.Pavlov, who finally understood what was going on, clenched his fists.

"You betrayed me? Ikhalmiki." Pavlov bit his lips tightly, trying to control his emotions.

"Betrayal? You think too much, Comrade Pavlov. In fact, I never thought of being loyal to you from the very beginning." Ikhalmiki looked at Pavlov like staring at a pitiful and innocent animal. Lamb of help, "In fact, I have been the KGB agent sent by the central government to collect your criminal evidence, oh, don't be surprised, you are not alone in the care of General Secretary Yanayev, there are many party members in important cities The leaders of government agencies have been personally named and taken care of by the general secretary. Didn’t you inquire about the recent changes of people around many city-level and state-level leaders? So you don’t have to feel depressed.”

"How is it possible." Pavlov's eyes widened. "Yanaev only took the position of supreme leader this month, but you came to me eight months ago."

"Can I tell you that this plan actually started a year ago?" Ikhalmiki looked at the panicked Pavlov interestingly, "Of course, the general secretary also considered the need to maintain the Soviet Union's positive image. , so you corrupt elements, if the amount is small, the circumstances are not serious, and you are willing to expose others, you can be extra merciful, just removed from your post. Of course, if you don’t want to speak up, there’s nothing you can do. You’ve seen the gun in my hand ?"

Ihalmiki raised his icy muzzle, "We will fake you into a suicide scene. To die or to live, the choice is yours."

"Okay, I am willing." The coerced Pavlov gritted his teeth. He took out a notebook and told all the profit network he had created, including who kept the embezzled money and where it was stored. The size is explained one by one.When it was about the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief, and handed the notebook to Ihalmiki.

"Hopefully forgiven," Pavlov said.

"Thank you for your cooperation, Pavlov. Oh, I forgot to add the original sentence before." Ikhalmiki patted his head, "The general secretary also said that there is a kind of person who cannot be pardoned, that is, those who yearn for freedom , using despicable democratic slogans to make his corrupt behavior of confiscating state property a legalized moth. He said that if he caught it in bed, he would smother him with a pillow, and if he caught it in the toilet, he would drown in the toilet."

Ikhalmiki looked at Pavlov, who was drenched in cold sweat and speechless, and opened the safety on the pistol, "By the way, my name is not Ichalmiki, my real name is Vladislav Surkov, personal aide to General Secretary Yanayev."

Then he pulled the trigger, and bright jets of blood stained the car windows, leaving behind a pall that symbolized the final end of Pavlov's life of crime.

Chapter 32 Inquisition

Vladislav Surkov, in the timeline of history, he should have entered Menatep Bank two years ago, and then under the promotion of Huoshi, he entered the decision-making body of the banking group in 1992 next year and became board members.But because of another coincidence, he met Vice President Yanayev, and then resolutely resigned from the top management position of the bank and became a secret staff member of Yanayev.

No one knows what Yanayev said to Vladislav back then, but after that meeting, he became Yanayev's most loyal follower and political aide, and served as the basis for Yanayev's next steps. A series of actions are planned. In 1991, no one was optimistic about this young guy. Only Yanayev knew how unattainable heights this guy would climb in the future.

The deputy director of the Russian President's Office, the Russian deputy prime minister, and a conspirator who manipulated the State Duma have many titles, and his most famous title is the "Chief Political Counselor of the Kremlin" named by his opponent in the White House.

After executing Pavlov, who had betrayed the Soviet Supreme Command, Vladislav ordered the KGB agents to fake the scene of Surkov's suicide, move him to the driver's seat, and put his head on the steering wheel , holding in his right hand the pistol that had gone through his head.Anyway, this is the most remote area in Smolensk, and no one will notice that a powerful leader has fallen here.

After the matter was over, Vladislav called Yanayev, saying that the game that had been set up before could be closed, and the remaining fish that slipped through the net did not have much chance to cheer.In the next few days after Vladislav solved Pavlov, high-level government officials were secretly arrested by the KGB at the international airport of the Soviet Union one after another. Those officials who applied for political asylum have not stepped out of their He was taken away by members of the Discipline Inspection Committee who came to his house.And as soon as those people left, someone behind them immediately filled their vacant positions.

All of a sudden, people often see such headlines in the newspapers, "The Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Who Endangered the National Security Has Been Arrested", "The Traitor of the Soviet Fears Suicide", and "The Central Government's Integrity Work Has Raised to a New Height." These The headline also made the paper alongside a speech by Yanayev at the conference.

"Heretics, yes. We call these people the scum of society, the traitors of the Soviet Union, the heretics of communism. They only care about their own wallets and what they think. They don't care about the interests of the Soviet people and the whole country. Regardless of safety, they desperately hope that the country can pass the so-called reform, which is actually the political turmoil they expect, and turn the property that originally belonged to the Soviet people into their own pocket. I just give it to such people His two words are rubbish. Exquisite, this passage is really exquisite. Yanayev's direct speech has won him a lot of applause among the people. In this alone, he is better than Gorbachev And Khrushchev and those former leaders don’t know where Gao Ming is. By the way, I also heard that the editor-in-chief of the Moscow newspaper hesitated whether to put it on the headline because of Yanayev’s words? Haha, what a group Boring guy."

Yakovlev, head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was sitting on a chair, slowly sipping coffee, while reading the news in the newspaper. Appreciate it, and don't care about Putin, a member of the disciplinary inspection committee with a gloomy face sitting directly opposite him, and KGB personnel standing around.

As one of the few confidantes of Gorbachev, the numerous crimes of conniving with those liberals in propaganda and suppressing the positive image of communism are enough to send him to the gallows, and Yanayev waited until the political congress. Only treat him as a turtle in a urn when cleaning.

Putin picked up his newspaper and threw it aside, looked at the Gorbachev confidant, and said slowly, "Political correctness never gets much more applause than radical speech, you say' Which one has a higher approval rating: We will fight corruption to the end' or 'We will hang all those corrupt officials on the street lamps in Red Square'? Yakovlev, you have been the head of the Soviet Propaganda Department for so many years, won't you Don’t you even have this common sense?”

"My task is to destroy this regime on the high ground of public opinion, not to maintain his centralized rule as deliberately as you do. Comrade Putin, I can only call you a slave to power." Yakovlev said bitterly retorted.

"It's useless to talk too much. Whoever has the last laugh can stand still. The buzzing of flies is not enough to shake the pace of Soviet progress, but you will fall under our iron fist." Putin retorted, "You cultivate What? Let a group of corrupt bureaucrats use the banner of freedom to refute us but are destined to fall like a group of dying people who should be sent to the cemetery. Rest assured, when you go, we will bury you with honor and honor. "

Putin's last sentence was extremely vicious.

"You..." Yakovlev, who was older than Putin, blushed. It was the first time he was humiliated by his younger generation. He wanted to refute something and finally sat down on the chair powerlessly, and said bitterly, " Then I hope you will never be like me, and tell Yanayev that I will wait for him in court and in hell."

"You think too much, here, there will be no court at all, and there will be no trial."

Putin's words made Yakovlev feel a sense of foreboding.

Putin sitting opposite nodded, and the KGB officer standing behind Yakovlev took out a thin invisible rope from his pocket, and while he was not paying attention, tightly strangled Yakovlev's neck, In an instinctive reaction, Yakovlev grabbed the hand subconsciously, but found that he couldn't break free at all.

Putin sat beside Yakovlev, admiring Yakovlev's struggle with great interest, "Yanaev knows that if you are sent to court, those forces that support you will definitely act to block the trial , the final result may be that you spend a few years in prison, and then come out to continue to add obstacles to the government. Only when you die, those lucky guys will be completely desperate and give up. "

Yakovlev's eyes widened, and his hatred eyes wanted to swallow Putin's whole life. He reached out to grab him, but Putin grabbed him and pushed him back.

"I forgot to tell you that I used to be an agent of the KGB, so you should save yourself some worry and go on your way. Also, I will follow the previous agreement. After you die, I will arrange the scene to look like you hanged yourself, so that you can keep it. Your last bit of dignity. And you will also be treated with high-level funeral specifications."

"It can be regarded as the last compensation for you. As a traitor, you should be happy to get this end, Yakovlev."