Chapter 139 The Uninvited Guest on Red Square
Karim and Peterson joined forces to turn this matter into an international trade dispute. Now this is no longer a matter of several company shareholders, but is related to the trade issues of the three countries. The Federal Government of Germany always regards it as its own internal affairs, and other countries have no right to interfere. But the United States and the United Kingdom don't see it that way, because for them, protecting the interests of their own enterprises is the unshirkable responsibility of the government.
Seryozha is now watching the big trade dispute every day in Moscow, waiting for the German government to capitulate. In the Soviet Union, the dissatisfied working class who had been cut off a part of their benefits set off rounds of doubts about Gorbachev and Ligachev's reforms.
Although daily necessities like soap are inconspicuous, they are used every day in people's daily life. Under the deformed economic system of the Soviet Union, these light industrial products were far from meeting the needs of the market. However, to produce these products under the planned economy system required a series of complicated and cumbersome processes, not to mention low efficiency. The product quality is not good either. After Seryozha reduced the supply of these commodities on the national market, due to the shortage of products available for purchase, the actual purchasing power of the ruble in the hands of ordinary people also decreased, which in fact further made the ruble worthless.
Inflation has further increased the cost of living in the country, which has provided the soil for smuggling activities, and at the same time made foreign currencies such as marks and dollars more valuable in the underground market. Many underground smuggling groups and money houses are now expanding their strength and accumulating initial capital. Sergey would not care about this kind of small business. No matter what, he always wanted to give the common people a bite to eat. Therefore, under Sergey's instruction, the customs and anti-smuggling departments under the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation began to take precautions against the rampant smuggling activities. The attitude of turning one eye and closing one eye secretly acquiesced in their actions.
Gorbachev was dissatisfied with the messy situation in the country, but Ligachev was still unable to completely take back the economic power in the hands of lower ministries, which made Gorbachev even more dissatisfied with Ligachev. The Soviet Union's domestic economic reforms have stagnated, but political reforms have taken the lead. The open faction represented by Yakovlev has completely occupied the main position of public opinion. Comparing the two, Gorbachev had more confidence in Yakovlev's ability and began to give him more power and platform.
At this moment, something happened that made the Soviet Ministry of Defense feel extremely embarrassed. On May 28, 1987, it was a sunny day, and the Red Square around the Kremlin was full of tourists. Many foreign tourists from friendly countries are also impressed by the magnificence and splendor of the Kremlin. People have chosen the best angle to take a group photo in the square.
At this moment, the roar of a motor suddenly came from the sky, and people looked up to the sky one after another. A small blue and white extension plane was circling at low altitude, as if it was looking for a place to land among the crowd in Red Square. After a while, the plane chose to land on an open space next to the Vasilibrat Church.
Most of the tourists on Red Square are from the Soviet Union. They know where this place is. It is such a rare thing that a plane actually landed on Red Square. What kind of event is being held? Driven by curiosity, everyone surrounded the past one after another, raised their cameras and pressed the shutter on the small plane.
Not long after, the door of the plane was opened, and a young guy jumped out of the plane, cheering wildly, and at the same time greeting the people around him warmly.
Although the guard on Red Square felt strange, he still regarded the landing of the plane as an arrangement by the superior department. A guard came over to the young man and said, "Brother, I've been working here for several years, and this is the first time I've seen a plane land here! Where did you fly from?"
"Me? Helsinki? I've been flying for almost five hours, and I'm starving to death!" the young man said lightly to the uniformed guards.
"Where is that? Is it in Belarus?" The guard didn't seem to understand, so he asked again.
"No!" the boy denied.
The tourists around heard that the young man didn't bother to eat after flying for five hours. Someone gave him the food with him. After she expressed her gratitude, she sat at the door of the plane and ate it. She looked really hungry. broken.
"Helsinki, is it a city in the three republics of the Baltic Sea?" The guard felt that the place name was very familiar, but he just couldn't remember where it was. So he began to ask the surrounding tourists for advice.
"Which of you has heard of where Helsinki is? I can't remember it?" Just after the guard asked, many tourists also shook their heads to express their ignorance. At this moment, a little girl about ten years old suddenly said: "I know where that is, it's the capital of our neighbor Finland!"
"Finland? Hey, boy, who approved your flight..." As soon as the guard finished asking, he suddenly realized that Finland was not an ally of the Soviet Union, but a country on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Then the guard rushed towards the young man unceremoniously and handcuffed him.
The tourists around looked at this young man as if they were looking at someone from another universe. They really couldn't figure out how this young man came to Moscow from Finland.
"I'm seriously asking you, are you really from Finland?"
"Yes, Mr. Police!"
"How did you get here?"
"I took off from the airport in Helsinki and flew here according to the directions on the map."
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"Look, this plane belongs to West Germany!" Someone suddenly exclaimed at this moment.
The guard heard the words and dragged the young man to the tail of the plane in the direction of the fingers of the crowd and tourists, and saw the flag of the Federal Republic of Germany on the tail.
"You guy, who are you?" the guard asked angrily.
"I'm Matthias Rust, living in Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany. Nice to meet you!" The young man seemed to have no idea what he was about to face. He held out his hand for a friendly shake with the guard. But the guard knocked his hand down mercilessly, and then said solemnly: "Okay, you brave German, you are arrested! I will hand you over to the KGB."
After the guard finished speaking, he took out his walkie-talkie and contacted his superior. After a while, a police car from the Ministry of the Interior drove up nearby. Several policemen came down and put Mathias Rust on the ground without any explanation. The police car took it away. The surrounding crowd looked at each other in blank dismay. They really couldn't believe what happened to them today, it was like dreaming. ...
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