USSR 1991

"Whether it is allowed or not is not up to the West, nor is it up to us, but the bargaining chip on the negotiating table. Sarajevo has been a powder keg since World War I, conflicts of ethnic conflicts, and conflicts between countries. Repressed hate conflicts will be ignited and become a fuse for disrupting democracies."

"Because of the social instability in Eastern Europe, the bourgeois government that has just been formed will suffer a great blow. The soil of communism has not disappeared in this land. As long as the people see the corruption and incompetence of the government, they will also take it. Take up arms against corruption as they did against communism."

The Soviet Union has not yet disintegrated, and the shadow of redism still hangs over the land of Eastern Europe.As long as Yanayev takes good care of the turmoil in Yugoslavia, just like Libya after the death of Gaddafi in 2011, the displaced refugees caused by the war, especially those Muslim refugees, will become a nightmare for Europe.

Few refugees would think of going to a communist country. In the eyes of religious groups in other countries, it is a world without gods and beliefs due to the vigorous propaganda of the West for decades. On the contrary, it is the good welfare society in Europe that attracts these people greedy gaze.

What Yanayev did was to ignite the gunpowder kegs of war with hundreds of millions of arms orders, and then guide the flood of refugees to Western Europe, so that the Madonna of the White Left will have a headache.

Chapter 151 The Bosnia-Herzegovina War Suspects

It is still difficult to carry such a batch of eye-catching arms from Ukraine, through Hungary or Romania, but just like Victor's famous saying, government officials in no country buy differences with interests. , that only shows that your chips are not high enough.After giving a large sum of money to the leaders of the troops stationed at the border, Victor passed through Romania without a hitch.

Before leaving, the guy who turned from a communist official to an army general patted Victor on the shoulder and said that he would come to him if he had any problems in Romania in the future, and he would definitely help solve them.In this regard, Victor just smiled and didn't say a word, because some words can only be rotten in his heart and cannot be said. Arms trafficking is a matter of both sides. If you can call the leader of a small country a brother Congratulations on becoming an outstanding international arms dealer.

The convoy crossed the Romanian border and arrived in Serbia.The sky here is as cloudy as the political situation in Yugoslavia, and even the street has lost its former bustle, leaving only some hurried crowds walking across the street, heading towards unknown distances.

"Huh, it seems that the economy is as bad as the current Serbian weather." Victor took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, took a deep breath, and then slowly followed the cold air in his mouth Exhale together.

When the guards around him asked why this place was so desolate, Victor replied to him, "After Tito's death, when our motherland was in power by Gorbachev, the Soviet Union implemented economic reforms and open policies, and Western countries The Soviet Union was considered secure enough that Yugoslavia no longer had an important strategic position."

"Yugoslavia has maintained a non-aligned policy and has trade relations with the European Community and the United States. The Reagan administration of the United States once produced a report on the economic situation in Yugoslavia in an attempt to overthrow the Communist Party and Communist regimes in Eastern Europe and return Eastern Europe to a market economy. .In other words, this country is also one of the targets of the peaceful evolution policy.”

"With this goal, Yugoslavia's life will be difficult. The 1973 oil crisis and trade obstacles with Western countries have seriously hindered the rapid growth of Yugoslavia's economy. In order to solve these problems, Yugoslavia joined the International Monetary Fund and started It obtained loans. Yugoslavia also owed a large amount of debts to the West. As a condition for obtaining loans, the IMF required Yugoslavia to realize market liberalization. By 1981, Yugoslavia had 19.9 billion US dollars in foreign debt. In addition, Yugoslavia had 1980 million US dollars in 100 The economic development level of Yugoslavia is very different, and a large part of the financial revenue of the more developed regions in the north is used to subsidize the less developed regions in the south, and the economic crisis in Yugoslavia has exacerbated this problem.”

"All in all, this is a war triggered by money issues. The collapse of the economy has promoted the development of national separatism, and the development of national separatism has promoted the brewing of war, and it has also promoted the development of our arms dealers in this area. How active the land is. I bet there is one arms dealer out of every 10 people in Yugoslavia now recommending a Kalashnikov to them.”

Victor threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it a few times.Looking at the looming city buildings in the distance, he said to the guards who were resting behind, "I've had enough rest, I'm ready to go later."

It was already night when they arrived in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Of course, the batch of arms could not follow them to the capital, but stood by at the designated location.Because Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic had already had a secret phone call with Yanayev, and they expressed their relief at the Soviet Union's timely help. It seems that the former socialist allies are the most reliable partners.

Only Victor sneered in his heart and mocked the other party who is a socialist ally with you, a right-wing nationalist.The current Soviet Union is not a selfless socialist big brother, but an imperialist hooligan who wants to cultivate its own watchdog to fight NATO's eastward expansion.

Milosevic received Victor in his own villa. This kind of invisible behavior can only be done in private, but when he saw the Soviet arms transaction list, he was so excited that he almost stood up from his chair. , he murmured in front of Victor tremblingly, "Three T54 tanks, ten Buk missiles and thirteen SAM missiles, 23mm anti-aircraft artillery, and a MiG-23 fighter jet, my God, these are all We are very short of weapons now, and the price you give is so cheap. Thanks to the support of the Soviet Union, we will definitely defeat the Croats. Serbia has finally had the opportunity to restore the great Serbian country during the Dushan Empire in the Middle Ages. Only Serbia The nation is the brave nation that has the right to be the leader of this empire."

"It's not support, it's arms sales." Facing the fanatical leader, Victor emphasized again, "And this is just a small deal by Yanayev, and there are real big deals waiting for you in Serbia. army."

"What kind of generosity?" Hearing Victor mention the mysterious gift, President Milosevic also came to his senses. That doesn't mean he couldn't join forces with the Soviet Union and become an agent in the Yugoslav civil war.

"General Secretary Yanayev asked me to transfer you. In the next war, you will accept the mediation of the United Nations. If you can't accept this major premise, it will be difficult for us to continue talking." Victor said.

Hearing this sentence, Milosevic was a little unhappy. He looked at Victor and said word by word, "Unless we drive the Croats out of Bosnia and Herzegovina when the United Nations proposes to mediate, and establish a real A country that belongs to the Serbs, otherwise the war would not have stopped."

"Do you really think that the Serbian army can occupy the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a short period of time?" Victor said disdainfully, "If your army cannot take the Croatian and Muslim resistance forces from the land of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a month Eliminate or expel, and let me tell you what happens next."

"First of all, the United Nations will impose comprehensive sanctions on the Bosnian Serbs and Yugoslavia, send peacekeeping troops to Bosnia and Herzegovina, establish a no-fly zone in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establish a safe zone for the Muslims. Of course, at this time, you are not I will give in, and next, NATO will send bombers to bomb the Serbian army until you compromise, and even dispatch ground troops. You who have lost your battlefield advantage and are heavily blocked, what bargaining chip can you have? What about bargaining in front of NATO?"

Victor's voice was very peaceful, and every consequence he said was the result of deliberation.In fact, Milosevic also considered these issues, but under the exaggeration of fanatical nationalism, he did not think deeply like Victor, or he was unwilling to think deeply.

"Of course you can also regard NATO's move as a violation of sovereignty and integrity, and you can also encourage the Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic to take his own revenge by carrying out bombing attacks in France, Britain, Germany, and Italy. , to warn NATO that as long as you continue to sanction the Serbs, we will turn Europe into a bloody sea of ​​flames."

Victor just mentioned it quietly. After all, this kind of terrorist attack method can only be done by their Serbians, and the Soviet Union cannot have any relationship with them.If the three hooligans from the other Security Council know that they are fanning the flames behind their backs, then the relationship between the Soviet Union and Western Europe will completely slide into the abyss.

So what Victor has to do is to try his best to entrap Western Europe once while maintaining the image of the Soviet Union.

"Yeah, you're right, Mr. Victor. The Bosnian Serbs can still take this approach to force NATO to submit. And it's us who encouraged the Bosnian Serbs to do it, and we can separate ourselves from the Republic of Serbia Relationship." Milosevic listened to Victor's advice, but he didn't know what consequences this would lead to.

But the Soviet Union does not care what kind of ending the leaders of the Bosnian Republic of Srpska will end up with. Anyway, as long as the goal of disgusting the West is achieved, the means and process are not important.

Victor rested his forehead on one hand, and said slowly, "If you are willing to accept the request made by the Soviet Union, then we will try our best to win a favorable share based on the bargaining chips in your hands at the next United Nations meeting. The result of the agreement of the Serbs."

"You mean to hand over the fate of Serbia to your Soviet Union?" Milosevic said hesitantly, "Then what price do we have to pay? I don't know any country that would be so kind and selfless to help Serbia. Tell me about your Moscow Conditions, Mr. Victor."

"The price?" Victor almost laughed out loud, and he said word by word, "If you are allowed to join the Soviet Union's power camp, do you think this is a price? The Soviet Union needs a pawn wedged in the Mediterranean, and also A stable regime is needed. As long as you are willing to agree, there will be more arms sales at the price of cabbage after the war is over."

"Of course, the Soviet Union has always been very free. You can choose on your own. Agree to the Soviet Union or refuse. Of course, if you refuse, I can only go to Croatia or the Muslims to discuss this matter. Presumably in a country with weak military strength , they would be more interested in such an offer.”

"The choice is yours. The fate of Serbia is in your own hands, President Milosevic. Yes or no? Or live or die?"

Chapter 152 Warning to the Bosnian Serbs

The man sitting in front of Victor has Beethoven-style hair and thick lenses like pigeon eggs on both ends of the bridge of the nose. He looks like a gentle and polite university professor, talking humorously and politely.At first glance, it is difficult to connect him with a disgusting and cunning politician.

However, it happened that such a mild-looking man was one of the cruelest leaders in continental Europe since World War II, with the blood of genocide on his hands.

Victor silently read the resume of the man in front of him. Radovan Karadzic was born in a small village in the Durmitor Mountains in the northern part of the Yugoslav Republic of Montenegro. In 1990, he abandoned his medicine and went into politics, founded the Serbian Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was elected as the chairman. He is also the man with the highest voice this year and the most likely to become the president of the Republic of Serbia in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Although he has been involved in politics for a short time, he is eloquent in political struggles and diplomatic negotiations, pays attention to struggle strategies, and skillfully uses the contradictions between Muslims and Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina to maintain his political status.Frequently participated in international negotiations and meetings and delivered speeches to safeguard the interests of Serbs.For this reason, many Serbians call him Serbia's best politician and a hero who plays with European and American powers.

When Victor asked Yanayev how to deal with Karadzic, Yanayev, who had studied him deeply, said sharply, "Karadzic is a cunning and insidious old fox, don't expect to be able to get it from his mouth. Obtain definite promises and guarantees. When necessary, coerce and lure him, and you must let him know that the saying that the Soviet Union can influence the Yugoslav civil war is true, not just made up."

"You mean to let the Serbs give up their hatred of the Croats and the Muslims? Everyone sits on chairs and negotiates to carve up the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina? With all due respect, Mr. Victor, how do you say this idea? Is it too naive? A little." Karadzic picked up a piece of sugar with tweezers and put it in the coffee. He slowly picked up the coffee and took a sip, as easy-going as if he was chatting with a friend.

"You have to know that Serbia has always maintained the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Yugoslavia. It is impossible for us to let Croatia and the Muslims go out independently. This is a humiliation to the Serbs. Even if extreme measures are taken, no An outsider, we will not hesitate!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, is this a disguised hint of genocide?" Victor crossed his left leg, admiring Karadzic's excellent politician performance.

"I didn't say that, Mr. Victor. It is the responsibility of every Serbian to maintain the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it will not change everything just because I am a presidential candidate." Karadzic changed the subject, Again, he looked calm and calm, as if he had never said what he said just now.

"Okay, Mr. Karadzic, I still don't know what you think?" Victor continued, not interested in chatting with Karadzic, "I just want to tell you Moscow's view on the Yugoslav war. War is your job, and we don’t have the right to intervene if we want to, do we. But, the top officials in Moscow still want to remind you.”

Victor deliberately paused, trying to whet Karadzic's appetite.Sure enough, the other party couldn't help but asked, "Remind me something? The Serbs have always been very measured in doing things."

"Remind you not to be stupid enough to carry out genocide." Victor repeated Yanayev's words to Karadzic in full, "I don't care about the deep hatred between Serbs, Croats, and Muslims before, but if you once Massacres and attacks against civilians have been launched, not to mention NATO, even our Soviet Union will not let you go."

Victor's righteousness is awe-inspiring, but he is actually thinking about the Soviet Union in his heart.Because he was also thinking in his heart, why is Yanayev so sure that Karadzic will also launch a genocide against civilians after launching a war?

Yanayev, who is familiar with history, understands that after Karadzic, who held the belief of the Greater Serbian nation, became the president of Serbia in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina fell into a three-and-a-half-year civil war.During the three and a half years of civil war, Karadzic became the soul and symbol of the Bosnian Serbs.During the three and a half years from the beginning to the end of the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3 Muslims and Croats were killed, and more than 3 million people were left homeless.

After the civil war ended in November 1995, the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia began to prosecute Karadzic, arguing that he had instructed his subordinates to massacre 11 Muslim civilians and drive 100 million Muslim and Croat civilians out of settlements.At the same time, the Hague court accused him of genocide and war crimes, including the massacre of 1992 people during the siege of Sarajevo from 1995 to 1995, and the massacre of [-] Muslims in Srebrenica in [-].

"Of course we will not launch attacks against civilians, we are just maintaining peace." Karadzic said it very nicely, but what he was thinking in his heart was another matter.

"This is not a political negotiation, this is advice, the future President Karadzic." Seeing Karadzic's appearance, Victor knew that the previous preaching did not work. He put on a serious face and said, " Once you launch an action against civilians, the attitude of the Soviet Union will change from supporting the establishment of the Serbian nation to solving the opposition. This opposition is not a verbal protest and condemnation. We will send air or ground troops to use Molotov cocktails or Carpet-bombing Serbian troops with thermobaric bombs over and over until the last of your formed units is incapacitated, see what I mean?"

"Understood..." Karadzic took a deep breath. He didn't understand why the Soviet Union, which was talking and laughing and supporting the Serbs one second, showed a hideous look the next second.It's like changing a different person in an instant.And that sentence about the future president is so obvious that it can no longer be hinted at clearly.

"It's best for you to understand, and I'll let you figure out what you don't understand." Victor frowned, and he didn't believe that the other party would give up his thoughts.

"Why did you suddenly change your attitude? Isn't it your goal to foster a pro-Soviet regime? If we have," Karadzic asked.

Most of what Karadzic said is correct, but he forgot one thing, Yanayev only needs to raise a few loyal dogs in Eastern Europe, not a group of guys who are loyal to the Soviet Union in name but actually do other things secretly .

"You don't need to know why, you can do what we want you to do, if you choose to resist, we will cultivate your opponents, or directly use your political opponents to blow you out of power and support a puppet that we can easily control. So you Remember, you're just a Soviet bred dog."

"Karadzic, follow the right people to see a bright future." Victor moved the coffee on the table and said to him, "The first question, who doesn't want chaos in Yugoslavia? Of course it is Western European countries. Then Who is eager to launch a war to maintain territorial integrity, of course you are the Serbs. On this issue, you have offended the West. You don’t need to tell me that the West may support you. They want to make Eastern Europe a mess. It’s good to profit from it.”

"The second question can be derived from the first question, that is, once Yugoslavia breaks out of war and the economy and military are blocked, who will provide you with funds? The Western world? Or the Soviet camp. Think about this question. Are you clear too?"