Wealth

The old men stayed together in Moscow for a week, and basically used up the 20,000 US dollars consumption quota of no one.

It’s not that the old men are too extravagant, but that many things here are indeed quite cheap. Because the ruble continues to depreciate, many retired workers receive less than a week’s worth of wages, and this situation is still going on, so the Russians I prefer to accept strong goods such as the US dollar, so it is natural to negotiate the price.

So the old men bought a lot of rare things, and finally counted them. They probably need to be transported back by chartered flight. But after calculating the value of these things, how many times can they be increased after returning to China?

There are also some people from the Russian research institute who secretly contacted the old man, probably wanting to sell some research results, but most of them are for civilian use. After all, the military technical results are too eye-catching, and the official attention is also tight. , And the people in the research institute do not believe that old men can pay too high a price. On the contrary, civilian projects are better deals.

In this way, even though he didn't engage in espionage activities, Fan Wubing and the others returned with satisfaction. When he was happy, he ordered a chartered plane and shipped the things back first.

After resting for two days, everyone boarded the plane to Kiev, Ukraine, and diverted south.

Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe. Its land area in Europe is second only to Russia, but its population is less than 50 million, including more than 100 ethnic groups.

Since the CPSU has made serious mistakes in the decades since its founding, democracy and the rule of law have been weak. The freedom of the people is suppressed, and the hidden dangers of ethnic conflicts are serious.

Especially in 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union Ukraine caused a serious furnace meltdown and radiation leakage, which caused serious consequences. However, at the time when the Soviet Union officially concealed the truth of the incident from the world and its own people, the bureaucratic consciousness of the Soviet Union was widely criticized after it was exposed by foreign media and nuclear radiation inspection departments.

After Gorbachev came to power in the Soviet Union, the various contradictions accumulated in history and reality began to surface, and the tendency of nationalism and national democracy quickly rose. The political situation across the country began to fluctuate sharply, and at the same time, Ukraine began its pace of violence. In 1991, the Ukrainian government made the declaration of the national government. Officially announced its separation from the Soviet Union and changed the country's name to Ukraine. In December of the same year, the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus signed an agreement in Minsk, announcing that the Soviet Union ceased to exist, and the establishment of a coalition of democratic states, and Ukraine's military affairs were finally completed.

It's just that Ukraine's domestic economic situation is exactly the same as Russia's. The government is also very unstable, and the lives of the domestic people are very embarrassed. However, there is a difference that Europe and the United States have more support for Ukraine. This is probably to pull Ukraine into the Western camp and become inserted in Russia. A sharp edge in my heart.

What the Americans meant was probably that they wanted to pull Ukraine into the NATO member states, but Russia would definitely not sit back and watch such things that are extremely unfavorable to them, and Ukraine, out of its own considerations, could not do it. Made this extremely dangerous decision. Therefore, foreign aid from Europe and the United States is not so agile.

Therefore, when Fan Wubing and others got off the plane and came to the urban area, there was a parade on the street. A group of retired workers were holding placards and shouting slogans on the street. Of course, some of them were dressed in Soviet clothes. The veterans in old-fashioned military uniforms, and some of the old Red Army who participated in the Great Patriotic War, have various medals on their chests.

"For decades of hard work, returning to the pre-liberation overnight, the lives of these people are really bad!" An embassy staff member beside Fan Wuyi sighed.

"Then what can be done? Anyway, I chose to make a mess at the beginning. I also chose the capitalist road. Now it’s wrong, I regret it, and it’s too late. Everyone has to pay for their choice. It's a price." Fan Wuyao took a sip of the soju in a stainless steel bottle, and said naturally.

"What do the people know, isn't it being led by the nose by the politicians?" the staff member said disapprovingly.

Fan Wubing nodded, his heart said that these words were reliable.

"How is the life of your embassy staff? Is there any guarantee?" Fan Wuyi asked casually.

"It's okay. The domestic situation is not very good anyway. We can be considered here. It's just that the prices in Ukraine are too high. Especially consumables such as vegetables." The staff replied.

"Actually, you can get some daily necessities from China. Then you can directly replace them with consumables, which is very cost-effective." Fan Wuyao suggested.

"This doesn't seem appropriate, right? We are national workers after all." The man said with a little uncertainty.

"Actually, the stomach is my own." Fan Wuyao said.

At that time, the Soviet Union implemented a highly centralized planned economy. As the most important energy and mineral base of the former Soviet Union, Ukraine was naturally an area with a considerable reach of military industrial enterprises. With the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the original production links and The failure of the industrial production system caused the Ukrainian economy to fall into chaos, and the political transition period also aggravated the domestic economic crisis in Ukraine.

Due to the lack of technical and financial guarantees and product markets, most Ukrainian military enterprises have poor efficiency. In addition to the loss of scientific and technical personnel in the defense industry, the Ukrainian military industry is facing numerous difficulties. As for the renewal of weapons and equipment, Ukraine's current funding can only maintain the existing old equipment, and it is difficult to meet even daily training. The serious shortage of funds has become the biggest obstacle to the revitalization of Ukraine's defense industry.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan inherited a large number of troops, advanced weapons and equipment, and strategic reserves of the original Soviet army, including 700,000 active servicemen, more than 6,000 tanks, more than 7,000 armored vehicles, 1,500 aircraft, and three One hundred and fifty warships, one thousand two hundred intercontinental missile nuclear warheads, and two thousand five hundred tactical nuclear weapons. The huge military strength makes Russia and the Americans feel that they cannot be underestimated.

For this reason, the Ukrainian government, which has suffered from the war, established denuclearization and disarmament as the keynote of future work landlords at the very beginning, announced the pursuit of a non-nuclear, neutral, and non-aligned policy, and began large-scale disarmament.

At the same time, the military-industrial enterprises in Ukraine have also accelerated the pace of military-to-civilian conversion, transferring the production potential of the military-industrial sector in the defense industry and machine manufacturing to civilian products and technological transformation.

In this process, many technical personnel and old workers in military industrial enterprises are facing unemployment and life crisis. Therefore, these people can account for more than half of the parade on the street.

The convoy of Fan Wubing and others was forced to stop on the street many times, waiting for the long procession to pass by. Some even knocked on their car windows and stretched out their hands to beg for cash and food.

"The consequences of fast privatization--" Fan Wubing couldn't help but say.

In fact, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Ukraine left a large amount of weapons, equipment and military supplies, with a total value of up to 100 billion U.S. dollars. Since 1991, Ukraine's foreign arms exports have been very hot. For example, many weapons used on the battlefields in the Middle East and Africa have been lost from Ukraine. It is said that several nuclear warheads are still missing.

It stands to reason that if you sell any weapons, Ukraine will not be too poor, especially it is still a resource-rich country, with abundant reserves of coal, iron, gas, and oil, and will not go hungry.

But mainly because these resources are basically monopolized by the oligarchs. After several twists and turns, they have been turned into private property, and most of the exports of weapons are mainly reselled through the black market. Although it was very active at one time, the income will certainly not be nationalized, so the life of the people in China is still a mess.

The Ukrainian side is also very enthusiastic about this old man tour group from China, but they are obviously not as serious as the Russian side. Recently, the domestic party disputes have become more and more fierce. Everyone is not concerned about this kind of entertainment. The officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came to deal with it, but the person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce heard that the tour group was very enthusiastic about it when they were in Russia. After all, many Chinese products are very popular in Ukraine.

Therefore, when Fan Wuyao and the others settled down, the people from the Ministry of Commerce came first. They probably exchanged information with the Russian side. As soon as their people came over, they found Fan Wuyao.

"Hello, Mr. Fan, I am Kashkov, Assistant Minister of the Ukrainian Ministry of Commerce." Lai is a tall Ukrainian, but he speaks Chinese.

"Assistant Kashkov's Chinese is very sleek!" Fan Wubing praised with a smile.

"I have a quarter of Chinese ancestry." Kashkov replied. "Assistant Kashkov came to visit, there should be something to say, right?" Fan Wuyi asked straightforwardly ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Kashkov immediately replied, "I like straightforward Chinese, I am Come to talk about a business."

Fan Wubing was stunned when he heard this. He brought so many people to Ukraine to dig a wall, but who knew that people from the Ukrainian Ministry of Commerce also came to do business with him. What should I say about this?

"I'm a businessman, I just don't know what kind of business Assistant Kashkov wants to talk to me? Mineral resources and oil, etc., although I am more interested, but transportation is a problem! As for nuclear warheads or something, you There is no use selling it to me?" Fan Wuyao said haha.

"I know that Mr. Fan is a man who can do it. Are you interested in the motivation of the plane?" Kashkov asked Fan Wuyi mysteriously, lowering his voice.

Aircraft motivation? ! Fan Wuyao was stunned. He was thinking in his heart, I came here to steal people and steal equipment, that is, I was thinking of getting some precision processing technology. Who knew that Ukrainians were so enthusiastic, because they were motivated by airplanes. , And it's the government employee who is negotiating business with himself!

OMG! No wonder the nuclear warheads in Ukraine can be lost. It's not surprising at all!