Soviet Union 1991

"An axis of evil headed by the United States and the United Kingdom is forming. They are trying to use financial and war means to control the entire world. This is not alarmist. In fact, they are already closely deploying this plan. By suppressing the European Union, There is also the plunder of Eastern Europe to save the declining situation, but no one realizes the urgency of the matter. This is not just a simple class struggle, but a conspiracy to control the world."

Yanayev held a secret speech to the Politburo, where he mentioned the concept of an "axis of evil." Let others smell the uneasiness. At this time, Surkov was already a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee. He heard a new trend of propaganda and public opinion from Yanayev's speech. The conference room seemed silent, and everyone was shocked by Yanayev's shocking conclusion. Azov tapped the armrest of the sofa uneasily, while Pavlov's face turned a little pale, still thinking about Yanayev's speculation.

Although this informal Politburo meeting did not convene the secretaries of the autonomous prefectures, it did bring together a small group of the most powerful elites in the entire Kremlin.

Everyone's reaction was as expected by Yanayev.

Rendering the United States and Britain into bloody executioners destroying world peace. All conflicts are concentrated on these two countries. Since the United States accused the socialist camp of being a "totalitarian dictatorship" and a "hotbed of terrorism," Yanayev has also found strategies and slogans to criticize the other party.

It exaggerates the United States as an axis of evil that invades other countries and shatters the dream of a free world that the other side strives to create.

American dream?

Yanayev smiled when he thought of the Communist spy Comrade Okuan Hai who danced in the presidential inauguration speech before time travel. That was just a means to amass overseas wealth. The real "core" of the American dream is human nature. Greedy and lustful, they try to attract those stupid fools to follow them through slogans of prosperity and false liberal propaganda. As for those outsiders who try to challenge the authority of Wall Street through financial means in the United States, in the end they are nothing more than a piece of crushed cement, red concrete, under the Empire State Building.

They are plundering the wealth of people all over the world to feed that small group of financial parasites.

The Soviet Union did not exist to break the shackles of the free world, but to break the axis of evil group headed by the United States that tried to dominate the world.

This will greatly affect the Soviet Union's subsequent propaganda campaign against the United States. The red giant bears of the Soviet Propaganda Department can't wait for a bloody battle.

After the meeting, Surkov was left alone by Yanayev. In the conference room on the third floor where the members of the Politburo had already left, he quietly waited for Yanayev to speak.

"The focus of our work in the future will change slightly. The trend of our newspapers and public opinion will shift to portraying the United States as the axis of evil and creating divisions in international public opinion. However, our firepower should not expand to the entire Europe and the United States. The capitalist world is focused solely on evil empires and European bastards, you know what I mean?”

Surkov nodded, understanding. But he also made his own point.

"By the way, General Secretary Yanayev, I also have a question. Although there is no conclusive evidence to support it, but if your conjecture is correct, then do you think the vast autonomous prefectures can win over the Americans? They are eager to win. They will also definitely incorporate the division of relations between the Soviet Union and the autonomous states into their strategic plans."

Yanayev was slightly startled. He did not expect that the United States would start from this aspect.

"Although you have amended the constitution and introduced anti-secession laws to prohibit autonomous states from secession from the Soviet Union. But you have also seen that increasingly radical color revolutions are spreading from North Africa, from the Middle East to Eastern Europe. They are all trying to Forcing those who are unwilling to bow to the White House to lower their noble heads, including us.”

Surkov took a deep breath and expressed all his concerns.

"So General Secretary Yanayev, there are still loopholes in your plan. They are likely to use the autonomous prefecture to provoke war."

Yanayev just smiled and asked Comrade Surkov, "So? So what? Comrade Surkov."

"Don't forget that the autonomous prefectures stipulated in the constitution still enjoy full rights. If we also take back the autonomous rights of the autonomous prefectures and centralize power to the central department, we only need an excuse, an excuse to gradually take back power."

Surkov seemed to have thought of something. He frowned, but when he was about to speak, he was interrupted by the other party, "Endless suppression is just a temporary solution, not the root cause. The true unity of Slavic nationalities should fundamentally solve the problem." .Return local privileges to the central government. From then on, they will be part of the Soviet Union without any privileges."

Surkov understood that if the Americans incited the three Baltic countries and colluded with the rebel forces in Ukraine, it would be an excuse for Yanayev.

This informal meeting shocked him so much that he even doubted whether there were some ulterior secrets behind Yanayev.

No one dared to question the General Secretary’s decision.

Just like no one would doubt his "inference".

The Soviet ship, which had dodged the hidden reefs again and again, finally sailed towards the sea at a steady speed. They believed that the Soviet revival would not be far away, and they would continue to be lucky and once again become a real European power.

"But in this case, the backlash would be huge."

Surkov was very worried about the outbreak of ethnic conflicts, but Yanayev saw through one point.

"But why did the Soviet Union disintegrate in the first place? Wasn't it because of our wrong ethnic policy? In fact, we are just doing wishful stupid things. Originally, the economically developed regions should also be fed back to the backward regions. Excessive subsidies only raised a group of ungrateful people."

"And these ungrateful people are still trying to achieve independence through the stupid people in the United States. They have never thought about who built Ukraine from the backward Kiev into the most industrially developed region. And who made the light industrial products made in the Baltic Sea the best-selling brand."

Stalin gave them jobs and dignity, so that they didn't have to kneel to the capitalist exploiters.

However, decades later, these people would rather kneel to the West than live with dignity.

"Democracy and freedom cannot give them a bite of food, but the Soviet Union provides them with real bread and equal rights."

Yanayev was disappointed. In this case, don't blame him for his cruel means.

"We gave these people everything they had ever desired, if these idiots gave us the answer sheet of independence."

Because of what Yanayev said next, Surkov's face turned a little pale.

"Our tank wheels will be the first to disagree."

Yanayev's ominous prophecy was finally verified four days later.

When visiting Washington, the French Minister of Overseas Territories, Francois Barouin, had a tentative contact with the US Secretary of State. The topic was of course about France's ambition to establish its own economic and trade circle, the Mediterranean Union.

As early as the Barcelona Conference on November 27, 1995, the so-called Barcelona Process was established, that is, the EU and the Mediterranean coastal countries of Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Syria, Turkey, these 11 North African and Middle Eastern countries, as well as the Palestinian National Authority, established cooperative relations in the fields of economy, energy, immigration, democracy, etc., and the long-term goal was to establish a free trade zone between the EU and the Mediterranean countries before 2010. France intends to use the EU's tailwind to build its own small circle. After all, most of the countries along the Mediterranean coast were its colonies after independence.

At that time, Germany set a very high threshold for the conditions proposed by France, just to prevent these people from taking advantage of the loopholes.

But now it seems that it is time for France to get rid of the EU and go it alone.

The content of this meeting is confidential. French President Jacques Chirac secretly instructed Barouan to test the attitude of the United States and then give himself an accurate message.

Although Kohl hoped that France could take on the responsibility of supporting the EU and survive the "most dangerous winter" before he could resolve the domestic mess, Chirac knew that the EU might not last long this time. It would be better to take this opportunity to change ships, such as the Mediterranean Union, which has been under negotiation.

Of course, there are also very troublesome problems. France cannot bear the huge expenses of maintaining the operation of the alliance alone, and it has to rely on the financial support of the EU. Therefore, this "Mediterranean Union" is actually an "alliance within the alliance" under the EU framework. Under the "Barcelona Process", France, Italy and Spain, the three major southern European countries, are the main promoters of the mechanism, while under the "Mediterranean Union", France is the leader.

Jacques Chirac's calculations are clearly seen by Americans. Mario also discussed this plan with his international advisers and finance ministers, whether to intervene in the Mediterranean Union.

This is exactly why they want to negotiate with the French. This move of cutting off the source of funds may become the last straw that breaks the camel's back for the EU.

France has many ideas in the blueprint of the Barcelona Process, including the establishment of the Mediterranean Investment Bank in imitation of the European Investment Bank model to provide loan support for development projects in Mediterranean countries; the establishment of a nuclear energy agency, with France providing intellectual support in nuclear energy; the establishment of a "Mediterranean University" for cultural exchanges between regions; and the establishment of an environmental protection agency to monitor the use of water quality and other resources.

Madeleine crossed her left leg and fearlessly exposed the scars of the United States.

"France is the only country that leads the Mediterranean Union. Therefore, when the Mediterranean Union was proposed, it not only aroused the disgust of other member states in the EU, but also did not please the North African countries that France valued."

The EU poured cold water on the idea of ​​the "Mediterranean Union", believing that it would bring additional financial burdens to the EU and cause overlapping and bloated EU institutions. Germany had previously questioned whether France's Mediterranean Union was suspected of splitting the EU, and was worried that Germany's influence in Central Europe would be weakened.

In short, the Mediterranean Union is a small contest between France and Germany behind the scenes.

However, Germany was unlucky and suffered a great loss due to the division of East Germany. Coupled with the previous stab in the back by the UK, the situation is almost shaky.

"Will the United States benefit from this?" Minister Baruan asked cautiously. Dealing with the United States is tantamount to a silent war.

"Of course there will be. We can provide the financial support you need in France. Aren't you always worried that France can't bear the huge burden?"

Madeleine approached the other party, "Then the United States will provide you with this opportunity. The European Investment Bank and the World Bank will both give you loans to lay the foundation for the preliminary project. If the follow-up situation is good, we can also share the investment funds with France."

"Conditions?" Baruan asked directly. He would never believe that there is a free lunch in the world.

Madeleine's mouth curled slightly and said with a smile, "It's very simple."

"The condition is to let the United States join your Mediterranean Club."

"Share this circle together." (To be continued.)