USSR 1991

"Thank you, President Yanayev." Zviad nodded calmly, and said, "I'm not summoned to the Kremlin this time to drink tea, is it? Is the culprit of the riot already arrested? It's shot, and it's useless to say anything more."

There is indeed no evidence in Moscow to prove that Zviad was directly involved in this matter, but how could Yanayev, who is as bright as a mirror, not know of Zviad's tricks? He is still waiting, waiting for the boss behind Zviad to fully At the moment of attack, he flicked away the cards in his hand.

"President Zviad is thinking too much." Yanayev smiled, and threw the appointment document in front of Zviad, and said slowly, "I am going to let Patyashvili resume As the first general secretary of Georgia, to assist you, the president, in the daily work."

Zviad's eyelids twitched, he didn't expect Yanayev to come back.The Tbilisi incident three years ago made him and Padashvili feud, and Moscow's high-level officials made it clear that they wanted to hold Zvyad back.

"If I choose to refuse, it will appear that I, the President of Georgia, are too unwise." Zvyad smiled and was about to accept the letter of appointment, but Yanayev grabbed his wrist, and he stared at Zvyad. Viade's face, the tone is a little tough, "You don't have to take this appointment as a counterattack. Of course, Georgia is not worthy of accepting Moscow's threats. Of course I know what you have reached with the West behind your back. I also know what your passivity in the turmoil means. Do you really think our staff can't see what the Americans are doing?"

"And then?" Zviard said with a smile still on his face, "So what if you see it?"

"It's okay, Moscow has already prepared the thunderous means of war, and we just wait for them to do it first." Yanayev let go of Zvyad's hand, "Of course, in order to prevent you from leaking the news, I have to wrong Zvi President Yader has been in the Kremlin for some time."

Zviad was slightly taken aback. He didn't expect that there would be a drama in Moscow. He asked coldly, "Is this considered house arrest? President Yanayev."

"Of course forget it." Yanayev's answer was straightforward.

Chapter 91 The end of the public intellectual (1)

In mid-January [-], the Moscow political situation brought another small "earthquake". Comrade Vladimir, who was privately called Yanayev's successor by the people, assumed the post of Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.As the ex-Soviet purge executive organization, the gloomy Ministry of Internal Affairs has welcomed a young and energetic newcomer, making everyone look forward to what Putin will do in this position.After all, no one would doubt his ability, because the young Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs was previously the dreaded KGB.

This signifies that Yanayev's re-supported forces will slowly penetrate into the upper echelons of Moscow. He has Surkov as a vanguard in the weapon position of public opinion.In terms of internal control, he has Putin of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as the most powerful shield, and in terms of arms sales, the most profitable cash cow of the Soviet Union, he has Chemezov as his pocketbook.Even in the army, some generals who have been suppressed before and are now promoted, such as Ogarkov, are grateful to Yanayev.

Yanayev's inner plan is just to let Putin know more about how the Soviet Union's violent machine maintains internal rule, so that he knows that if he encounters counter-revolutionaries like Solzhenitsyn or Yeltsin again in the future, it will be It is better to be thrown into the Kazan mental hospital or the Gulag concentration camp, or the two places are exiled alternately.

January 1 is not destined to be an ordinary day, because on this day Yanayev urgently summoned Comrade Vladimir Putin, Comrade Boris Pugo, and the chairman of the KGB, Comrade Kryuchkov.The three comrades in charge of maintaining the domestic security department are together, and the meaning inside is somewhat unpredictable.

The weather outside the Kremlin is full of wind and snow. The thick door isolates the indoor temperature and the freezing cold from the outside world. The charcoal burning in the stove makes a crackling sound, and the splashing of sparks brings spring warmth to the sealed space.Yet for the three communist comrades sitting on the sofa, the silence of the atmosphere was no different from the cold outside.

The atmosphere was a bit heavy, Yanayev was patiently flipping through a report, and seemed to have no intention of getting up to talk to the three of them.Putin was a little embarrassed, touching his nose from time to time and leaving the two old comrades beside him.

After all, Kryuchkov and Pugo are old comrades who have been in and out of the Kremlin for many years, showing a distinctive strength and composure, sitting in an orderly manner.It's just that the two occasionally looked at each other and told each other that they didn't know what happened.Although they are comrades in the Politburo of the same class as Yanayev, it is becoming more and more difficult to guess their thoughts on the man who showed thunderous means in the August [-] incident.

After a long time, Yanayev closed the report, stretched his neck, raised his head and looked at the three comrades who were almost staring up at the ceiling in a daze, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry for keeping you comrades waiting for so long. "

Kryuchkov was about to say something polite, but Yanayev suddenly got up from his seat and interrupted him. He picked up the red three-point document and handed it to the three of them. Kryuchkov , Putin and Pugo took the documents respectfully, and before opening Yanayev, he introduced the origin of these documents to them.

"This is an article that the former editor-in-chief of "Moscow News" Yakovlev and the former editor-in-chief of "Spark Magazine" Korodich privately published to promote the newspaper. Everyone knows that after the martial law in Moscow, we canceled the distribution rights of other so-called free news. , and now these public intellectuals seem to be unwilling to be lonely, and continue to advocate their theories, come on, let me read to you how these people spread rumors to frame the legitimacy of our regime."

Yanayev cleared his throat, and read directly to the news in the document, "The pursuit of freedom, equality, and human rights is the birthright of everyone. But the evil Soviet Union and the evil communism are like a Stubborn monsters that hinder the progress of all mankind. And use their so-called lofty ideas to tell the people they rule that the United States is wrong, the Western world is depraved, and everything looks so ridiculous. The most hateful thing is them Concealing the truth of the facts and depriving the masses of the right to know the truth, here we will deeply expose the unknown darkness of the Soviet..."

Yanayev also vividly read several examples cited in the newspaper, such as the Gulag concentration camp, the Katyn Forest, the Tukhachevsky incident, and the Kazan Prison. The more Nayev read, the more his conjecture was confirmed. General Secretary Yanayev was finally going to attack those democratic intellectuals.

"General Secretary Yanayev, are you going to attack intellectuals? Isn't it inappropriate to do so now, after all, our political situation is not too stable yet." After Yanayev finished reading, Pugo said bluntly asked.

Pugo, who was in charge of political cleansing at the beginning, became a bit wary when facing public intellectuals. After all, Gorbachev has opened up the freedom of public opinion for so many years. If he wants to return to the past era, he has to consider the people the mood of the masses.

"Yes, that's why I called you here." But Yanayev snorted deliberately, and continued, "But I don't want to hear that Comrade Pugo violated the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee on this important issue." will."

Yanayev raised his personal statement to the will of the Party Central Committee, which is already a proper symbol of a dictator.But in order to bring the country back on track, he had to accept the role of a dictatorial tyrant.

"No, that's not what I mean. I'm just saying that if the situation gets out of control, the deterioration of the situation will be beyond our expectations and control. Moscow is finally going through the first winter smoothly. We can't send ourselves to Go to the guillotine of Louis XVI."

Pugo’s words hit his heart, and even Kryuchkov stopped to persuade him, “Maybe we can attack these people when it is more stable, but it is still a time of turmoil. We who have just calmed down the situation in Georgia Not ready to put Russia in crisis."

"Listen to me, two comrades." Yanayev interrupted Kryuchkov and Pugo's advice and explained his approach to them. They are thrown in prison. I just want to use another method to make public intellectuals completely public enemies, so that when they are arrested, whether it is hard evidence or our fabricated lies, it will not arouse public resentment."

"What method?" After hearing Yanayev's words, Kryuchkov and Pugo asked almost in unison.

"Prohibition." Yanayev said, "It should be said that those public intellectuals jointly signed a letter to implement the prohibition."

There is a saying in this Siberian land that when the regime ruling the Russian people is overthrown, it is often accompanied by the birth of prohibition. In 1914, Tsar Nicholas II promulgated a ban on alcohol until the October Revolution in 1917, when the Romanov dynasty was overthrown and ended. In 1985, Gorbachev again issued a ban on alcohol, but six years later the Soviet Union completely withdrew from the rule of this land.

How could the alcoholic Slavic nation tolerate the fate of no alcoholic beverages, and public intellectuals jointly signed a letter to ban alcohol, which can be said to have completely become the public enemy of the people.

"But they are not fools. How could they voluntarily and consciously sign a joint letter to implement the prohibition?" Putin asked a little puzzled.

"Comrade Putin is right, General Secretary Yanayev. How could they be so stupid to fall into such a trap." Kryuchkov disagreed with Yanayev's plan.

"Of course not. These so-called intellectuals are just a group of cunning foxes who use democratic slogans as political capital or as a means of gaining benefits. But don't forget that now only the central government has the right to publish newspapers in the entire country." Yana Yev smiled sinisterly, "Since intellectuals like to spread rumors to criticize the state regime, we can also spread rumors to discredit these people. Jointly sign a letter? Even the content of the letter can be fabricated. Don't forget that public opinion is now On our side, we say what the intellectuals said, and the public will of course believe what the intellectuals said. Oh yes, we will also call them a 'noble act of national heroism'."

"These are the most pitiful and ignorant people who blindly listen to what others say." Putin shook his head helplessly.

"I get it, when the so-called public intellectuals become notorious among the booze-loving people, they want to get in the papers to clarify themselves, but they can't do anything because we control the voice, so they Because there is nowhere to clarify, the reputation is completely rotten. Anyone who wields the sword will die by the sword, and they will never think that the rumors used to deal with the government will one day come to them. "

Pugo said these words almost smiling and clapping his hands. He never thought that it would be so easy to defuse the offensive of public opinion.

"At that time, we will make the incident of their collusion with foreign financial organizations public, and it is best to find out the problems of these people's life style. We will never mention that sending him to the 'New Gulag' is because of public opinion, but It’s about exposing to the general public what kind of guy is that who preaches liberalism.”

There is nothing better than killing one's heart, and Yanayev's actions are the cruelest way of killing one's heart.When you know that the freedom and democracy preached to you by public intellectuals are nothing but dirty water full of maggots and garbage in the gutter, you wonder if you can kneel down by the Ganges like the Indian people, scoop up a handful of salmonella full of heroism and drink Down.

"Democracy fighters, your achievements are unknown, your stupidity will last forever! Drain this bowl of Ganges water and become Indians in your next life."

Chapter 92 The end of the public intellectual (2)

The worst curse in the Soviet Union was not that you were going to be investigated by the KGB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or the Disciplinary Committee, but that the guys from the State Propaganda Committee were coming to chat with you.As the Tsar Bomb of Soviet public opinion, it has been reborn since the events of Yeltsin and Gorbachev. It is no longer the gray beast of World War I, which is retreating in the face of the peaceful evolution of the West, but the dreaded Ulla Charge Red Army.

The report about Yeltsin Yanayev almost exposed his corrupt side in the way of roadside tabloids. All the events were accompanied by photos, and even the details were accurate. All are listed.It is completely different from the boring, template-style news reports before, and it enhances the persuasiveness even more.

From the savior who saved the country to the clown that everyone despises, the free thought that the Soviet Union spent decades painstakingly guarding against was counterattacked by the newly established Soviet Propaganda Department with paper and pen.

In seizing the high ground of public opinion, Yanayev has more experience than anyone else. Liberalism is not omnipotent. It will be embarrassing to keep raising a certain idea to a certain height. Once this kind of doctrine shows a little unreasonable or flawed, the ensuing crash will be swift and terrifying.Since you Americans advertise that freedom and human rights are the most advanced and reasonable doctrines in the whole world, then I can also cite a thousand negative examples to oppose him.

Yanayev knew that what the Soviet people wanted was to eradicate corruption and improve people's lives. They did not deliberately oppose communism and pursue freedom and democracy.It's just that some guys with ulterior motives took the interests of the entire country into their pockets under the slogan of overthrowing the Soviets, and then turned the Soviets belonging to the people into an oligarchy-ruled Russia.

As for those intellectuals who naively shouted for democracy and really waited until after the disintegration to find out that everything was different from the script they imagined, they chose to commit suicide and apologized for their crimes.Yanayev has always looked down on this kind of useless coward, who harmed the country during his lifetime and wanted to be ashamed after his death?Just dreaming.You people should be crushed by the wheel of history and become dust.Let you know what is the end of the mantis.

When Yakovlev was going out in the morning to queue up for bread, he passed by a newsstand and wanted to buy a newspaper.When he was about to pay, he suddenly noticed that there was something wrong with the eyes of the people around him staring at him.Yakovlev looked at himself in the mirror in front of the newspaper suspiciously, but found nothing unusual.

When he turned around and was about to pick up the newspaper and leave, he found that even the owner of the newsstand was looking at him with malicious eyes. Yakovlev subconsciously stroked his thinning hair and asked, " Comrade, what are you looking at?"

The boss moved his index finger to the newspaper held by Yakovlev, pointed to one of the boards, pointed to Yakovlev again, and asked in a somewhat rude tone, "Are you from this newspaper? What is Yakovlev?"

"Yes, it's me." Yakovlev opened the newspaper and saw that he was on the headline of the Moscow daily. Besides his old friend Korodzic, there were more than [-] other people on the cover with him. Journalists, commentators or writers also top newspaper covers.

The title of this report is "Heroes of the Soviet Union, Intellectuals Who Jointly Signed a Letter Pleading for the Prohibition of Alcohol". sex.

This is a joint letter that incites the hatred of the people. In the lie told by Yakovlev fabricated in the article, he derogates the drinkers as low-level and dirty as livestock.He also ridiculed that for the sake of democracy and freedom, these people should be thrown into the coal mines in Siberia. Only those coal slags can tolerate workers and peasants who smell of alcohol and sour.

"I really didn't write this, I swear!" Yakovlev said to the old man who had got up and walked out of the newsstand almost with a sad face. More and more people on the street recognized the big man and gathered around them aggressively. Condemn Yakovlev.

"Do you drink or not? Don't tell me that you are not like a man at all, you don't even drink alcohol. If you don't tell why today, don't even think about getting out of here." A stout man pinched his knuckles There was a crackling sound, as if Yakovlev was about to be beaten up in the street at any time.

"Wait, things are not what you imagined, and I don't know what happened yet." Facing the aggressive attitude of a group of people, Yakovlev could only describe it as a red-faced look.

"Also, why do you slander our workers and peasants? Just relying on your own ability to write some articles? Pooh, what kind of help do you have to the country and society? You keep saying that we are sour-smelling animals, Let me tell you, even if you are taken away by the KGB, you will be beaten!" Another person had already grabbed Yakovlev's skirt, and was about to punch him in the face with the other hand.

At this time, a faint voice in the crowd said, "I'm from the KGB. If you go ahead, I'll just pretend I didn't see anything. I'll just explain when the police come."