Chapter 192 Expanding Influence
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The Komsomolskaya Pravda report caused a stir in Moscow, but it pales in comparison to the impact in Tbilisi, Georgia's capital. In the report of "Komsomolskaya Pravda", it was repeatedly emphasized that only Georgian cadres were taken away by the investigation team from Moscow, which caused panic among most cadres in the Republic of Georgia.
It's not just panic, it's anger and dissatisfaction. Why are the cadres of the Georgian ethnic group being investigated in Abkhazia, and why are the cadres of the Armenian and Abkhaz ethnic groups not involved. Why can a Russian in Patti Ashvili serve as the first secretary of the Republic of Georgia instead of selecting the first secretary from the Georgian cadres who occupy the absolute majority of the population in Georgia?
All of a sudden, rumors were flying in Georgia's official circles, and various shady and insider conspiracy theories began to emerge in endlessly. And there was one startling piece of news that made many Georgians angry. That is to say, some people said that the reason why Ligachev dealt with a large number of local Georgian cadres in Abkhazia was to make preparations for Abkhazia to separate from Georgia and be assigned to the Russian Republic. Some people even said that Abkhazia would It will become an autonomous region of the Russian Republic, followed by South Ossetia from the Republic of Georgia.
These two pieces of news spread across the entire city of Tbilisi almost overnight, and soon Georgian ethnologists criticized Ligachev's working group in newspapers for splitting Georgia. Immediately afterwards, some Georgian radicals began to attack the minority Abkhaz in Georgia, accusing them of being Georgia's betrayers.
If someone provokes someone, someone will fight back. I don’t know if the Abkhaz people really think that Moscow will assign them to the Russian Republic. They have the confidence to start mocking Georgian officials in local Abkhaz newspapers as corrupt criminals. Moreover, many Abkhazians also revealed the history of Georgians bullying Abkhazians in the past. As a result, the local media in Abkhazia began to split into two factions unconsciously. One group accused the Abkhazians of being ungrateful from the standpoint of the Georgians, while the other accused the Georgians of bullying the small. They don't want to stay in Georgia for a long time. They want to apply to the central government to transfer it from Georgia and merge it into the Russian Republic.
Originally, a dispute over political views began to magnify infinitely in Georgia, and there seemed to be a tendency to turn to ethnic conflicts. This was something Seryozha had not thought of. Journalists based in Tbilisi bring the latest local news back to Moscow every day. Seryozha has been watching the changes in the situation in Georgia. In Seryozha's view, the more chaos in Georgia the better, this will involve Ligachev's experience, and make him have no time to estimate things in Moscow. At the same time, Shevardnadze, who has been eyeing him, also thought of Use ethnic conflicts in Abkhazia, Georgia, against Ligachev.
Shevardnadze saw that the matter had developed to this stage, and he felt that it would be better for him if the dispute was a little bigger. One is that Shevardnadze can push this matter to Patty Ashvili, but if this matter deteriorates further,
Then the investigation team of the culprit Ligachev will not be able to stay in Georgia any longer. Having figured out these two points, Wei Vardnadze hurriedly sent his confidant secretary to leave Moscow overnight and fly to Tbilisi to think about his old subordinates to make arrangements.
When Shevardnadze's secretary left Moscow, Sergey also knew about it immediately. Thanks to Totonia, Sergey had good contacts in the Soviet civil aviation agency, and many things about the Soviet civil aviation could not be hidden from Xie Liaosha. Lyozha's eyes, including Shevardnadze's secretary's secret trip to Tbilisi.
Since Seryozha has launched an attack, he will not give his opponent any breathing time. Although "Komsomolskaya Pravda" received criticism from other official media in Moscow, they have independent financial sources and can bravely say no to the government. However, Seryozha still asked Yeltsin to make some changes in the way of struggle. Seryozha asked Yeltsin and Sobchak to go to Leningrad, which is the second largest city in the Soviet Union and is also facing Europe. Window, Yeltsin was free to express any of his views at Leningrad University.
Seryozha has greeted Leningrad University, and they will temporarily arrange a visiting professor position for Yeltsin. This will not only make it easier for Yeltsin to express his political views in public, but also make Leningrad Universities serve as the ideological and theoretical headquarters of Yeltsin and Serezha.
The reporters of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" did not stop their pens. Just after Yeltsin made a public speech on Radio Moscow, "Komsomolskaya Pravda" quickly published the entire content of Yeltsin's speech. All of a sudden, Yeltsin, who had already retreated into the background, began to win people's attention again. People admired Yeltsin's bravery, and at the same time began to accept Yeltsin's proposition bit by bit.
Although "Komsomolskaya Pravda" has become the public enemy of the Moscow media. But its sales are gradually increasing, which actually makes the influence of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" even greater. And this brought about an even better phenomenon. Many big figures who were under house arrest by the government in the past but used it for huge influence in the Soviet Union began to take a fancy to "Komsomolskaya Pravda", and they began to submit manuscripts to "Komsomolskaya Pravda".
Among the writers, there are two big figures who are well-known throughout the Soviet Union. One of them is the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb who once defected to the United States-Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov. Sakharov returned to his home country after the Soviet Union rehabilitated him several years ago to campaign against nuclear weapons. The other person is the famous Solzhenitsyn, who once created the world-renowned immortal masterpiece describing the great purge movement during Stalin's period - "Gulag Archipelago"
Two figures with great influence in the Soviet society set up a column in the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" to promote their thoughts and theories. This makes the style of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" one level higher than that of its competitors. Both Solzhenitsyn and Sakharov had been brutally treated by Porezhnev, and both had defected to the United States. After Gorbachev rehabilitated them, they all returned to the embrace of the Soviet Union without hesitation. The legendary experience of the two had a huge influence in the Soviet Union, and this influence began to be brought to the "Komsomolskaya Pravda" through their articles