USSR 1991

Chapter 295 Yugoslav Peace Talks

On January 1994, 1, Yanayev ushered in another new Orthodox Christmas, but this time Santa Claus gave him a very big gift, so big that even Yanayev did not dare believe.Because just a few hours ago, the Croatian representative put forward a proposal to stop the exchange of fire, no longer resort to violence, but start to resolve the three major ethnic issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the negotiating table.It also means that the Bosnian Serb territorial issue that has been going on for more than two years will most likely be resolved in the near future.

This news is good news no matter which aspect is concerned. Britain hopes that the civil war in Yugoslavia will end soon, and they can no longer bear too many refugees.

However, at the end of the war, the Bosnian Serbs had firmly controlled nearly 90.00% of the country's land. Thanks to the frenzied bombing of the Soviet Union, the main force of the Croatian army was directly wiped out. The cleanliness also disintegrated the Croats' will to resist.With no follow-up soldiers to replenish them, they were simply unable to resist the continuous advance of the Bosnian Serb armed forces, and finally chose to surrender as a last resort.

Before Croatia chose to surrender, the British also wanted to imitate Yanayev's approach and urgently summoned NATO's air military strike force to plan an air strike, but there were very few responders.Everyone knows that the Serbian army has deployed a large number of SAM surface-to-air missiles on its positions, and whoever's fighter jets fly over will be hit by intensive artillery fire.

This is also the conclusion that Yanayev came to as a means of crossing. As long as NATO continues to choose air strikes, they will sell a large number of beech and Sam to the Serbian government, causing Britain a headache.

Regarding the issue of peace talks, Karadzic also specifically called Yanayev. The current Bosnian Serb government has regarded the Soviet Union as a firm and reliable socialist ally. Any issues should be discussed with Yanayev first. Come to a conclusion that satisfies the other party.

"It is better to firmly control the rights of a country in your own hands. The biggest problem for the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the powerful armed forces that control the state power, which will allow the Croats and Muslims to take advantage of it. Now it is you The best chance for a comeback, Karadzic." Yanayev made a suggestion to Karadzic on the phone.

"Whether it's Serbs, Croats, or Muslims. They are all guys who are bound by their so-called national consciousness, trying to use this banner to rebel. Therefore, if the ethnic composition is single, the possibility of triggering civil war is very high. smaller."

Karadzic on the other end of the phone listened to what Yanayev said, as incredible as listening to the Arabian Nights, "It is very difficult to assimilate the three ethnic groups, let alone the current state of feud. "

What Yanayev is talking about is the ethnic communication policy, which uses government intervention to narrow the gap between various ethnic groups, or even until it disappears.Let the so-called Croats and Muslims become part of the Serbs.Türkiye's long-standing policy of indifference to the Kurds falls into this category.

However, the Bosnian Serbs have managed to achieve peace, and brutal intervention now can only be counterproductive. Therefore, Yanayev suggested that Karadzic should make a fuss at the beginning, emphasizing ethnic equality and great unity.When the society gradually tends to be stable, he can implement this policy.

"Reintegrate Serbs, Croats and Muslims into a new nation, and assimilate these guys who want to fight for independence with a unified national sense of belonging. This is by far the best way. Otherwise you have other Is there a good way? Kill those people? Don’t look at the joke. The end of the genocide is that the Bosnian Serbs are directly promoted by the United Nations, and there is no chance to appeal.”

"I've already given you the idea, Karadzic, and it's up to you to see if you can do it."

"Thank you for your kindness, General Secretary Yanayev." Karadzic said happily.

After Yanayev finished speaking, he hung up the phone, leaving Karadzic to think about it alone.Next, he called Comrade Yazov to express his opinion on the Yugoslav peace negotiations.

"At that time, the Soviet Union will also send representatives to attend this negotiation meeting. Serbia and Bosnian Serbs are really important to us. Since the great changes in Czechoslovakia in early 1993, the communist forces in Eastern Europe can be said to have been eliminated. It was all paid. Now there is only one Serbian ally left."

"If we don't seize this opportunity to make a comeback, the Soviet Union will be completely excluded from the circle of Eastern European forces, and we will not have a comeback day." Yanayev's worries are not unreasonable, otherwise the NATO group would not be like this Try every means to target Serbia, causing the last pro-Soviet regime to completely collapse.

"But is it really good to directly intervene in the Serbian meeting like this? Wouldn't it arouse the resentment of the Croats or the Muslims..." This is one of Yazov's concerns, for fear that the presence of the Russians at the meeting will arouse Croatian emotions.

"You mean Croats." Yanayev laughed as if he had heard a funny joke, he turned his head and said to Yazov, "Do you really think that only Bosnia and Herzegovina will be in this meeting?" The three main ethnic groups in the region? Let alone us, the British are very likely to intervene at that time. There are too many variables in the negotiation meeting, and we have to intervene."

"I very much believe that the British will never miss this last chance to change the situation. They will try their best to fight for the greatest interests of the Croats. What the Soviet Union has to do is to make the British ideas impossible to realize fantasies." Yanayev's answer was simple and rude, since the British want to interfere, then the Soviet Union will firmly suppress you and let you watch your hopes shatter in front of you.

The negotiations in Bosnia and Herzegovina have thus become a game between the two countries on an invisible battlefield, with the British supporting the opposition to gain more land.The government forces supported by Yanayev hope that now they can firmly control 90.00% of the five lands. As long as the sovereignty of those lands is still in hand, Yanayev has great hopes of winning.

At least for now, it seems that the situation is still developing in its own favorable direction, but the situation on the negotiating table is too variable, and even Karadzic can't guarantee what kind of mistakes will occur by then.

"Hurry up and let this incident end." Yanayev said wearily.

Chapter 296 The Point of the Blade

The venue for the negotiations was Sarajevo, a place of political turmoil in the Balkans.As the fuse of the First World War and the capital of Yugoslavia.As the place where Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated and where the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was contested, Sarajevo is always accompanied by cursed ominous politics, because whenever a major political event occurs here, it is bound to be accompanied by the decline of a country. disintegration.

The department of the peace talks was chosen in the Sarajevo State Building, which is the only building that has not been ravaged by war.The solemn marble seems to proclaim the glory of Yugoslavia, but a hundred kilometers away from this magnificent building with colorful flags flying, there are ruins after the artillery attack.

The meeting was attended by a representative of the Croats, Franjo Gituman, the leader of the Croatian Democratic Union and the man who won the most popular elections and parliamentary seats.And his shadow hiding behind him is German Chancellor Kohl.So this time the loyal supporters standing behind the Croats are the Germans.

Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Soviet representative Kozlovich traveled to the meeting place together in a car, and they were protected by heavily armed soldiers and armored vehicles along the way.The black car they were riding in was as safe as an iron wall, and there was no need to worry about an attack by extremist Croatian elements.

At least now Milosevic is very happy, because not only do they actually control 90.00% of the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but even the British chose to withdraw under the oppression of the Soviet Union.In the political game, only one Germany is still struggling to support.

Although the identities of Kozlovich and Mishelovich do not match very well, after all, one is the president of the country, and the other is just the United Nations representative of the Soviet Union.However, Yanayev never cared about the identity of the other party. As long as the political needs and conditions were strong, even an unknown person could become the political elite of the Republic in the next moment.

Kozlovic, who had just escaped death in Lebanon, stared at the sullen man in front of him, who was described in Western newspapers as a murderous executioner, a genocidal demon.In the newspapers of the Soviet Union, he is a hero who maintains national unity and opposes religious rule of the country.Think here.Kozlovich just shook his head. For things like political propaganda, they just pick the part that suits their own interests.

"What's the matter? Representative of the Soviet Union, why did you suddenly look at me and shake your head?" Milosevic asked puzzled.

"It's nothing, I just thought of something." Kozlovich said with a smile, he straightened the red star badge of the sickle and hammer on his chest, looked at the building that was getting closer, and said suddenly, "Wait a minute The meeting is bound to be full of gunpowder, just like this war."

Kozlovich turned his head and said to Milosevic, "Like this Sarajevo, the fuse of the powder keg in the Balkan Peninsula. Serbs, Croats, Germans, Slavs, all have their own ideas. Don't you find it very interesting that the guys from all over the world gather here?"

"But in my opinion, these people are nothing more than enemies who hinder the unity of our country." Milosevic's eyes became dark, like a cat that has been touched by a bowl of cheese, and its angry hair stood on end. Pounce on your enemy at any time.

Kozlovich half-closed his eyes, and said slowly, "It's just that your own strength is not strong enough to prevent your unification, but it doesn't matter. I don't believe that a country that dares to challenge the Soviet Union can be found in the Balkan Peninsula. , as long as we stand behind, what are the Germans? He was just a torn wretch when the Berlin Wall was built."

Indeed, no one dared to touch the power of the evil empire. Those who tried to get a piece of the pie were all squeezed out, and they were still covered in scars.The Soviet Union is like a giant bear with strong vengeance. For those countries that hurt their motherland at the beginning, he will use all kinds of conspiracies to counterattack until the other party realizes how stupid it is to fight against him.

There are many representatives leading to the meeting, but it seems that an invisible vacuum zone has been formed around Kozlovich and Mishelovich. People consciously stay away from these two people with fearful eyes , like looking at a scary monster.

Indeed, in their minds, the Soviet Union and Serbia were no different from monsters. The air strikes of the former caused thousands of widows in Croatia almost overnight.The latter's bloody and brutal massacre earned him the notoriety of a butcher in Bosnia and Herzegovina.So as the chief culprit of the war, others hate and fear them.

"The weak are the weak." Mishelovich said with a sneer, not paying attention to the gazes of the people around him, "Smearing a powerful country as an enemy of world peace because it is not our opponent, but deliberately using despicable means to cover itself Evil intentions to divide a country, something like that in both Catholicism and the Green religion?"

"Don't ask me, I believe in communism, I don't know." Kozlovich shrugged, and after saying this, he was already standing at the gate of the Great Hall, where the guards were even more exaggerated than the Kremlin.Five steps, one post, ten steps and one post, soldiers with live ammunition protected the representatives of these countries from sudden bomb attacks by some fanatics.

The two walked into the hall on the red carpet. The originally noisy meeting place stopped talking because of the appearance of Kozlovich and Milosevic. The two keep a certain distance.As for the others, they looked at other places in embarrassment, deliberately ignoring the two people in front of them.

They received the same treatment as the Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic who was sitting in a seat surrounded by the same spacious and deserted people.

I don't know how many people in front of them scolded them in their hearts, but Kozlovich never cared what they thought, just like he said before.

"There are very few opponents of the Soviet giant bear, so we don't pay attention to the life and death of a group of ants. Want to be taken seriously by us? First of all, you can have nuclear weapons. A group of countries that even have to buy planes and tanks. What do we value? qualifications."

Looking at the entire century, there are only a few countries that can compete undefeated with the Soviet Union. This is the capital of disdain and arrogance in terms of strength.

After the two sat down, the hall finally fell silent. All the representatives knew that the meeting to determine the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina was about to begin, and they and their supporters behind the scenes would have a final contest here.

Chapter 297 Russia is the Winter You Fear

The representatives sent by Germany are much more senior than those sent by the Soviet Union. The status of the German representative Putt as the deputy minister of foreign affairs is enough to crush Kozlovich, an unknown person, and also help the Germans invisibly. arrogance.But just like a political game, no one uses the most deterrent chess pieces from the beginning, and everyone puts good cards in the most critical position, instead of using the big and small kings to blow up the other party's life doubts at the beginning.

The meeting kicked off in a quiet atmosphere. First, the Serbian delegation put forward a proposal on the territorial division of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This proposal suggested that Bosnia and Herzegovina should be divided into two parts. The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina established by Croatia and Muslims. Of course, there is nothing wrong with the division of administrative regions in this proposal. The problem lies in the size of the territory.Croatia occupies 90.00% of the territory, but has to accept the migration of Croatian and Muslim refugees from [-]% of Serb-occupied areas.

Even if it is a defeated country, Croatia with the support of Germany has the right to land in an open and honest manner. Of course, this feels as shameless as if you kindly helped someone and the other party blackmailed you in turn.The Croats said they want to return 20.00% of the territory, otherwise they will tear up the ceasefire agreement.

Serbia and Croatia signed a temporary ceasefire agreement, or a temporary agreement under the mediation of Germany, and the entry into force of the formal agreement is still far away.What's more, Croatia is also accumulating strength, ready to find an opportunity to push back.

In this regard, Karadzic was the first to stand up against this so-called 20.00% decision. He pointed to Jituman and said, "It is an extremely shameless decision. Every inch of our territory is exchanged for the blood of Serbian soldiers. Yes, how can you just cede it. And you signed the provisional agreement first, don’t think that the Serbian government is afraid of you, we can tear up the armistice agreement at any time and continue until all the Croats are driven out!"

Kozlovich secretly screamed that the situation is not good. This is not because of the other party's arrogance, but because the other party deliberately stimulated Karadzic in an attempt to make him tear up the armistice agreement first.In this way, the Bosnia-Herzegovina Serbs are the culprits of undermining peace on the peninsula and will become the targets of European countries.

"Of course we can cede [-]% of the territory to you, but we also have one condition." Kozlovich stood up and interjected, "That is, there cannot be a Croatian on the extra [-]% of the territory." or Muslims, otherwise we will refuse to cede territory to you."

In this way, the Bosnian Serb government took the initiative instead.Croatia, on the other hand, shot itself in the foot.

"This is simply unreasonable trouble. Why can't the [-]% of the ceded territory be inhabited by Croats? That is their homeland." Realizing that something was wrong, the German Deputy Foreign Minister began to accuse Kozlovic of his actions, trying to The topic changed.

"Then I would also like to ask you Germans, why should the area occupied by the Bosnian Serbs be ceded to the Croats unconditionally? They are just a group of incompetent losers. I have never seen a winner bow to a loser. Yes." Kozlovich retorted eloquently, he is very familiar with the game of war of words played by diplomats.

"And don't forget your kneeling in Warsaw. Germany is now just an incomplete Germanic nation that has been castrated, and is still doing the dream of the head of state to rule the whole of Europe? Do you think that Germany is now the second in Germany? The Third Reich? You didn’t win against the Soviet Union during the heyday of your military power. Do you think you have a chance to return to the peak of the year? Save yourself. Except that the right wing can save and destroy Germany, in the hands of a group of white left virgins, Germany will There will never be a bright future."