Soviet Union 1991

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As one of the eight pillars of state next to Putin in the future Kremlin, Chemezov will serve as the first general manager of Rosoboronexport in 2004, taking charge of Russia's arms business. Russia's arms export business is almost a towering, ownerless money tree, even keeping pace with the export of natural gas and becoming Russia's double-headed eagle.

Prior to this, Chemezov was a graduate of the advanced training course of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. From 1975 to 1976, he worked at the Institute of Rare and Non-ferrous Metals, before resigning to join the national security service. From 1980 to 1988, he worked for the Soviet "Sunshine" Nonferrous Metals Industry Group, and was later assigned by the group to Dresden, East Germany, as its chief representative. In other words, he was also a KGB agent.

After returning to the Soviet Union in 1988, he has been serving as the general manager of the Soviet International Sports Company. Yanayev also had a keen eye and promoted him from that position and placed him beside him without giving him any specific position. Chemezov never had any complaints, because after transferring him to Krem Yanayev said this to him before the Lin Palace, "Comrade Chemezov, I will not let you hold any important position while you are by my side. This is the first thing I want to say to you. , the second sentence is, the positions you will hold in the future are more important than the ones I can give you now, so do you understand? "

Yanayev did not force the other party to understand his thoughts 100%. It was not until two weeks ago that he went to see Chemezov and said to him, "In two weeks I need to see a copy of the previous communication." You must be serious and rigorous about the plan for building a military multinational group, because this is your first opportunity to take the stage. "

Chemezov, who has a keen political eye on the company's operations, realized that this was a good opportunity, so he spent two weeks writing a planning document, which was reviewed by Yanayev today. He explained it to the top military officials.

Yanayev first explained to everyone, "The disarmament plan will be divided into three steps. The three-step plan will be completed by December next year. In the first phase, we will lay off 60,000 people in advance, and then conduct observation meetings." What kind of impact will it have on the military and regional balance? After stabilization, we will conduct second-stage speculation. We will then lay off 160,000 people. In the third stage, we will lay off 200,000 people. In other words, Asia’s military garrison to defend its Far Eastern neighbors will only be 250,000 people remain.”

"This is also equivalent to a goodwill signal to our southern neighbors. China and the Soviet Union are no longer willing to confront each other. We hope to restore the previous friendly relations, and our neighbors who are undergoing economic reforms will also be a political force that cannot be ignored in the future. We have enough trouble dealing with Europe and the United States. There is really no need to ask for trouble and establish a powerful enemy. Sorry, to put it bluntly, we have begun to decline. If we still want to deal with threats from the West, We can only join forces with others to deal with the bald eagle.”

Yanayev's words are undoubtedly a nightmare for those who are crazy about maintaining a strong Soviet army. But it is impossible for Yanayev to make fun of the future of the entire country in order to satisfy the supremacists of a small group of troops defending the country. In fact, a simple large-scale armored group charge is already behind the times. The Gulf War has brought all The country is shocked and introspective. Information warfare and coordinated attacks by land, sea and air will be the main mode of future warfare.

"What to do with the large number of T72 tanks that have been abolished? Arkhipov once complained to me that maintaining the daily maintenance of these tanks and armored forces is a nightmare to fill the dissatisfaction." Varennikov said.

"If it is sold to foreign countries, the effect may not be good." Chechevatov, who felt that it was hopeless to prevent the disarmament, took the initiative to show his kindness to Yanayev to avoid being abolished too. "As everyone knows, the T72 was used in the Gulf War. The poor performance has become obvious to all the world. How can anyone still be willing to buy a tank with such poor performance? Of course, those in the Warsaw Pact are not willing to be fooled anymore. "

"With all due respect, everyone here." Chemezov smiled slightly, "Who said we are going to sell the T72 tank? The foreign trade version we sell is the T90 tank, okay?"

"T90 tank? A newly launched project?" No one knew what Chemezov was talking about. Some people here thought it was a newly developed tank project by a certain design bureau.

"No, we will change the name of the T72 and continue to sell it in foreign trade, and these second-hand tanks can be sold to Iran, India, Egypt and other third-world countries at low discounts. If the conditions are suitable, sell six and get one free It is not impossible, and with personnel training, daily maintenance of tanks, and equipment parts can be exported if necessary, in a country like India whose industrial level is not very... perfect, neither artillery nor parts can be produced by itself. We can only rely on imports. Of course we will set up a new multinational company to sell these things.”

Chemezov’s military weapons delivery group can be said to have great power. After all, it was personally authorized by President Yanayev. Arms dealer Victor Bout traveled around the world to demonstrate his talent in selling weapons, while Chemezov coordinated the overall situation and maintained close ties with the top military officials in Moscow. to get more inventory.

"I want to get 500 tanks first and try to export them to the third world at a very low discount. Oh, and those Hind armed helicopters. If possible, I will get more than 200 tanks first. Of course, every armed helicopter sold or Five percent of the profits from the T72 tank will be returned to the original military region as the cost of laying off personnel. What do you think?"

Selling armaments for dismantling is tantamount to empty handed, and Chemezov has no cost risks to consider.

The arms business is just like a normal business, you finalize the price, book the time, pay the money and deliver the goods. However, the arms sales Chemezov is responsible for are more in the gray area. Although Yanayev emphasized that the money is used to improve national life, it is not subject to the supervision of any state agency. In other words, the money was Yanayev’s personal property.

"I am willing to accept this condition." There is still the possibility of recouping his losses. Of course Chechevatov nodded and agreed, "But what about those soldiers who have been laid off? They must be given a job after they are no longer in the army. Otherwise, four The influx of more than 100,000 unemployed people into society will have a great impact on social stability.”

"Of course, we have taken these into consideration. Not all countries need weapons. Especially when a region is in peacetime, arms sales will become more difficult. We also need large-scale multinational conglomerates to maintain arms around the world. Selling balance, in short, we help an organization overthrow the government of a region, create conflict, then sell arms to ignite the tinderbox of war, and finally pretend to be an interest coordinator to intervene in the conflict, maintain stability, and help them rebuild their homes.”

Chemezov's words can be said to be despicable, but from a national strategic perspective, it is understandable. Valennikov coughed and asked, "Do you want to use this company to solve the problem of most of the problems after disarmament?" Is there a problem with personnel placement?”

Chemezov became more and more excited as he talked. He supported the table with both hands and said with a smile, "Yes, and when it comes to war, who is our Soviet Red Army's opponent? And the salary of the staff is paid in US dollars, even if they die in the battle In other countries, based on international exchange rates, the compensation received by their families will be much higher than that of soldiers in other countries.”

"In this way, we need weapons training personnel, contract soldiers, construction workers, etc., and we are backed by a strong big country. No blind small country dares to target us, and the company also has the ability to subvert the political power of small African countries. Military strength, of course, those who are involved in the war will not be involved in the name of the country. They need another name that is less controversial."

Although Chemezov did not understand Yanayev's order that the company's paramilitary personnel were not allowed to wear camouflage uniforms and could only wear civilian uniforms distributed by the company, he still faithfully implemented Yanayev's instructions, including The names of those who go out for operations have already been chosen. "They are called private military contractors. They are not illegal mercenaries, but legal war contractors."