Chapter 149 Revisiting the Past
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When Seryozha returned to Moscow with the public cooperation project, his official limelight once again became a topic of people's eagerness to talk about it. The cooperation agreement signed with Volkswagen this time not only gave Gorbachev face, but also made a fortune for the Ministry of Automobile Industry, which has always had a good relationship with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. The bank also has a hand in the new joint venture.
Now in the officialdom of the Soviet Union, the rich is the boss. As the top leader of a department, if you can only bring basic salary to your subordinates, you will definitely be despised by your subordinates. A leader like Seryozha who eats meat and gives soup to his subordinates is definitely the leader most wanted to be followed in Moscow official circles. Over the past few years, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the Communist Youth League system have always been the departments with the best treatment in Moscow. Many cadres from other departments wanted to come in. Because as long as I work in this department for a year or two, I can basically have a house and a car. Of course, these benefits are not directly distributed to the following people, but are distributed in the form of personal loans. However, the internal staff of these two departments know that in addition to salary, there will also be some subsidies and benefits every month. This money is just enough to repay these loans, so basically, as long as you enter these two departments, You can wait for retirement without worry.
Compared with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the Communist Youth League system, some departments are too inadequate. For example, institutions such as the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Justice, which listen to Ligachev most, basically have no other income except the basic salary. In this era of soaring prices, this amount of money is really not enough. Ligachev knew the reason for this situation, that is, the power of the lower departments is too great. So big that even he, the secretary of the Central Secretariat, has to rely on others. This made Ligachev very angry, so after an in-depth discussion with Gorbachev, Ligachev planned to continue the unfinished business of Secretary Andropov. So without warning, the Uzbek corruption case, which had been suspended for many years, was restarted.
Ligachev wanted to take the opportunity to rectify the officialdom of the Soviet Union, and at the same time take back the excessive power in the hands of the ministries below. But go head-to-head with the ministries and commissions below, maybe there will be another Ukrainian soap incident. So to restart those cases that were left unsolved in the past, one can knock down the mountain and suppress the tiger, and the other can pull out the carrots and bring out the mud, so as to clean up the cadre team.
So not long after Sergey returned to Moscow, the KGB sent news to Sergey that the judicial department controlled by Ligachev had taken away from the KGB all the documents related to the Uzbekistan case, the maritime case, etc. during the Brezhnev period. **The file of the major case needs to restart the investigation of the case.
Seryozha did not expect Ligachev to do this. You must know that there were many officials implicated in the Uzbekistan case, and most of them have left important jobs now. Gromyko, who was the last to stay in the Politburo during the Brezhnev era, just announced his resignation not long ago and went home to spend his old age. Those involved in the case are now either put on idle jobs to wait for retirement, or have already retired. They are veritable persimmons now, only occasionally when there are some important events, these people will show up as old comrades. Ligachev actually wants to touch these people, what exactly is he trying to do?
Although Seryozha was wary of Ligachev's plan,
But he has no good solution for a while, he can only take one step at a time. However, Seryozha contacted his old friend Churbanov in the past and told him to restrain himself a little bit recently. Since leaving the post of First Deputy Minister of the Interior, Churbanov's official career has come to an end. However, relying on the money earned by Seryosha to help him invest, Churbanov lived a comfortable life. He has now separated from Brezhnev's daughter Galina and lived a happy bachelor Live, live in a resort like Sochi all year round. Occasionally, I will go abroad to play, and my small life is also nourishing.
After receiving a call from Seryozha, although Churbanov said yes, he didn't take it seriously. How many years have passed since the Uzbekistan case, besides, Churbanov didn’t get a penny in Uzbekistan at the time, all his money was earned by investing in him for him, at most it was embezzled from the Ministry of the Interior Funding, and then Churbanov quickly made up for it. Ever since he got to know Seryozha, Churbanov's vision has been high. When he just married Galina, he would happily accept a high-end carpet if someone gave him it. He helped him earn millions of dollars in a short period of time before he knew what it means to be rich. Now Churbanov's view of money has changed a long time ago. He can afford to buy anything he likes, so why should he be afraid to accept bribes?
Churbanov felt that if someone really investigated him, nothing would be found. Apart from the small gifts he had received a few years ago, there was nothing to be ashamed of. Back then, Andropov's campaign to rectify the officialdom was so violent that he, Churbanov, was just demoted, what else could he do.
After Churbanov ended his conversation with Sergei, he still lived his own life. In Sochi, Churbanov lived a dreamy life every day, drinking small wine, playing small cards, and when he was really bored, he drove his own yacht to go fishing, and occasionally went skiing. His life was very comfortable. . Until one day, the prosecutor from Moscow suddenly came here to visit him.
"Comrade Churbanov? We are sent by the Moscow prosecutor's office, and we want to ask you for some information!" A group of uninvited guests knocked on the door of Churbanov's villa, and then scanned the interior of the villa as soon as they entered. Then he raised the camera in his hand and started to take pictures.
"What are you doing? This is my home!" Churbanov asked angrily, having just woken up from a hangover and still dizzy.
"Don't be nervous, Comrade Churbanov, we just want to ask you to learn about some of your investigations into the Uzbek rape case back then!" said a 40-year-old prosecutor at the head.
Only then did Churbanov remember Seryozha's warning, and he sobered up almost immediately. He looked at the inspectors who were taking pictures back and forth in the room, and then said angrily, "What are you doing, investigating me?"
"Churbanov, is this villa your private property?" the prosecutor asked suddenly.
"Of course it is!" Churbanov replied confidently.
"But how can your pension afford such a luxurious villa?" the prosecutor asked again.
"You are not investigating the Uzbek case, why are you asking me instead! Well, then I will tell you that I responded to General Secretary Gorbachev's call and voluntarily resigned from my job to join the business world. The money is all I earned it myself! Get the hell out of here now!" Churbanov reprimanded unceremoniously.