Soviet Union 1991

Secretary-General Annan's heart froze. Yanayev's sudden change of attitude left him at a loss. One second he was a good friend of Gentleman Xiaoyu, and the next second he became a renegade politician.

"Apologise? Why should I accept the apology from the Secretary-General of the United Nations? Just because the person who made this ridiculous statement is his wife, so I have to accept your apology? This does not elevate the criticism of public figures to the political level. "It's a big blow to your reputation. Just imagine, if the wife of the United Nations Secretary-General, who can't even control her own wife, lets her husband take this important position, will everyone have doubts?"

"this……"

Annan was speechless after being retorted, and Yanayev accused the other party every word, asking him not to intervene casually on this issue.

"If the trouble really gets out of hand in the end, are you going to apologize to Comrade Shevardnadze, the Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs as the Secretary-General of the United Nations, or are you going to submit your resignation? Or are you going to ask your wife to apologize in person? "

He looked at the scenery outside the window with cold eyes. Comrade General Secretary, who had half retreated to the front line, now stayed in a villa on the outskirts of Moscow for a long time. Compared with the sleepless nights before, he finally had a moment of peace and quiet.

Of course, his mind still hasn't stopped to deal with certain international issues. Vladimir's experience will never be as rich as his own. He knows when to be tough and when to adopt a compromising attitude. How to achieve maximum political benefits.

For example, Annan was trying to resolve the conflict privately. He hoped to save the face of the United Nations and his wife. In this case, the Soviet Union would have to tolerate the consequences of this provocation. He can accept the humiliation to himself, but he is determined not to compromise on the face of the entire country.

There was no room for rejection in Yanayev's question, "If you want your wife to apologize, then please let her show due sincerity. I may not accept a private apology from a public figure."

Seeing that the other party was still hesitant, Yanayev added, "Secretary-General Annan, I don't want this matter to end with the United Nations Secretary-General submitting his resignation as I said before."

Yanayev immediately hung up the phone without giving Annan any chance to explain.

The busy signal was still echoing in his ears. Annan held up the phone at a loss, but finally put it down and sighed.

Indeed, Yanayev's tough attitude is destined to bring disaster to the United Nations. He does not want to make this matter so big that the Soviet Union takes the opportunity to attack and cut off the financial support of the permanent members of the United Nations. By then, Western countries will just hide behind While watching jokes.

Is it because they sympathize with Ragergren’s call and speech for justice and truth? Those bastards would just hide and gloat secretly. And the most stupid thing is that his wife was being used as a weapon and she didn't even know it.

On the other side, Yanayev had just filled the goblet with vodka after putting down Annan's phone. Then he poured a whole cup into his mouth, pursed his lips, and took a deep breath.

In fact, Lagergren's blame for the Soviet coup seemed so light that it was not worth mentioning at all. The reason he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make an attack was to use this incident to silence certain Western media, or at least make them Knowing that the Soviet Union did not allow many others to say a word on certain issues.

Yanayev's uncompromising attitude was enough to leave other media speechless. This was indeed the strongest reply from the Soviet General Secretary. Anyone who dares to talk nonsense should just wait to apologize to Foreign Minister Shevardnadze.

"You want me to apologize to that butcher, executioner, and tyrant? No, I will never apologize."

When he first heard the news, Lagergren almost roared at his husband, the head of the UNHCR unit, who would never apologize to a guy who was anti-human rights.

"Listen to me and be quiet."

Annan almost roared, "I know this is hard for you to accept, but you have to understand that General Secretary Yanayev will not compromise on this issue at all. You are a public figure. Don't you know Which issues should be spoken out and which issues should be kept silent? Are those just a bunch of issues? Politicians use their excuses to deceive you, the left-wingers. You take the lead and attack the stone with an egg, but they hide behind you and watch everything with cold eyes. In the end, who will be the ultimate beneficiary? Because the mastermind behind the scenes will not decrease? Those are our allies. Do you understand what I’m saying now?”

Lagergren turned pale.

"Who do you think is the political force behind the authoritarian governments in Africa and the warlords who control oil and diamond minerals? It's the top leaders of the United States, the financial giants, and those in Western Europe who seem to care about human rights, but turn their backs on them. Innocent children's multinational executives, Ms. Lagergren, this is the truth you want to see when you receive the aid check from the oil companies, please remember that behind it is the blood of African refugees, and so on. Some dirty secrets."

"That's the truth you want to see."

"Democracy? Dictatorship? Freedom? Those are just slogans used by politicians to deceive the people. You said that the Soviet Union was an evil empire, a country made up of barbed wire, machine guns and tank fire. But you should also see clearly that you The evil tyrant he talks about feeds the vast majority of people in this country. He gave those poor children the opportunity to receive free education and free medical care. He freed the people of this country from the situation of gray cattle and gave everyone a job and a salary. As for those begging at the bottom in Western countries? People, those people living on the streets, have you seen them?”

"As for the corrupt and incompetent governments in Africa under the banner of democracy, the amount of United Nations relief funds they embezzled is far more exaggerated than you think. Do you know what the money eventually became? They turned into bullets, artillery shells and even drugs. . Even if the food from the United Nations is distributed to the refugees, it will be quickly taken away by the army and used as military supplies. This is their tragic fate. "

Lagergren opened his mouth, but finally just sighed and gave up the desire to continue to refute.

"You should apologize, Ms. Ragergren. This is not as a husband's advice, but as a conscientious person's earnest words."

Annan said slowly, "Yanayev, he changed the world."