Chapter 193 Anti-Split
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An article in "Komsomolskaya Pravda" sparked a huge discussion in Georgia, and the discussion began to move closer to the sensitive ethnic issues of the Soviet Union. Gradually tore apart the contradictions between Georgians and Abkhazians. This is great news for Shevardnadze. He had realized that this opportunity was an excellent opportunity for him to drive away the working group of Patyashvili and Ligachev.
Since Shevardnadze wanted to strike while the iron was hot, he had to quickly send someone to Georgia to lead this targeted political struggle. So Shevardnadze sent his confidant, Nikolsky, who had followed him for many years, to Georgia overnight to coordinate with his old subordinates. When Nikolsky boarded the flight to Georgia, the person sitting behind him was none other than Hassan, Seryozha's confidant.
Seryosha now wants to keep abreast of the latest trends in Georgia, and he also thinks this is an excellent opportunity to attack Lijiaqiaofu. And Shevardnadze's every move is crucial to Seryozha. Seryozha thought that instead of doing his own thing, it would be better to secretly assist Shevardnadze. This old Caucasian fox is a veteran politician with more experience in political struggle than himself, and Shevard Anze's level is almost the same as that of Ligachev. . Now Seryozha just needs to hide under the big tree and shoot a cold arrow from time to time.
When Nikolsky arrived in Tbilisi, he visited officials of many important departments in Tbilisi non-stop. Although Hassan wanted to know what they said, he didn't find the right opportunity. But for the next few days, these people gathered together from time to time and began to plan something. Just when Hassan was thinking about whether he could buy the service personnel of several meeting places and grasp the content of their negotiations. Nikolsky finally started to move.
First of all, the old Georgian party members in Abkhazia wrote a joint letter to the Central Committee, reporting that Patty Ashvili used the anti-corruption campaign to make a big statement in the party, attacking and retaliating against comrades who disagreed with him, which seriously affected the party’s internal affairs. Stability and unity. This joint letter was published directly on the front page of the Communist Youth League Pravda. The Kremlin Gorbachev's office had to come forward and agree to investigate this matter. Gorbachev is now extremely dissatisfied with Patyashvili. Because of him, the rift in Georgia's top leadership is now irreparable. Georgian cadres seem to have developed a strong distrust of Moscow. And the joint letter written by those retired old party members is a precursor.
In order to show his importance to this matter, Gorbachev decided to let Ryzhkov go to Georgia to mediate the conflict between Patiashvili and the local power faction. So not long after Nikolsky arrived in Georgia, Ryzhkov himself flew to Tbilisi.
Ryzhkov in Tbilisi successively listened to the opinions of Patiashvili himself, the local Georgian faction, and those old comrades who jointly signed the letter. Ryzhkov felt that this matter was very difficult. Georgians have been wary of Moscow since the brutal repression of the Khrushchev era. Originally, Georgia was a republic composed of a single ethnic group, and it has been known for its xenophobia for thousands of years. And even the Chechens were exiled to Central Asia due to Stalin's brutal national integration policy.
But Georgia was the only one that was spared. Perhaps Stalin still had feelings for Georgia, so he still couldn't bear to do it!
However, this kind of exclusivity has caused the power of local officials to expand, and they can violate Moscow's decrees, and even refuse to implement them. How can the reform of the Soviet Union continue in this way?
The CPSU has held one meeting after another for the reform plan, and formulated one plan after another. However, most of these plans have not been well implemented. One of the biggest problems here is that the policy has encountered resistance at the local level. This made many of Gorbachev's efforts all in vain. Except for the development of private enterprises in the Soviet Union after the liberalization of policies, the state-owned enterprises that were the highlight of the reform have never improved. This is actually very easy to understand. Private enterprises act spontaneously, while state-owned enterprises need to follow the instructions of their superiors. One is a bottom-up reform and the other is a top-down reform. The comparison of the two creates a situation where one side is flourishing and the other side is lifeless.
However, most of the private enterprises in the Soviet Union are engaged in the import industry and the financial industry. These cannot bring foreign exchange income to the Soviet Union, but they are constantly emptying the Soviet Union's foreign exchange assets. Ryzhkov saw a report sent by the VTB Bank of the Soviet Union a few weeks ago. The report showed that the US$1 trillion in foreign exchange of the Soviet Union’s foreign trade has dropped to 400 billion, while the corresponding ruble assets have been rising. This made Ryzhkov feel anxious.
Just when Ryzhkov came to Abkhazia to mediate local disputes, Abkhaz cadres raised a shocking question in front of reporters and Ryzhkov himself.
"Chairman Ryzhkov, Abkhazia used to be an independent republic in the 1920s, and was transferred to Georgia later. Can we become independent from Georgia and join the Soviet Union?"
After hearing this sentence, Ryzhkov was stunned on the spot. He did not expect that the conflict between Abkhazians and Georgians had become so serious. In front of the reporters, Ryzhkov could only say that the central government would listen carefully to the freshmen of the local comrades. And will seriously consider.
This sentence was heard by many reporters, especially the Georgian reporters, but it was very good news for the Abkhaz reporters. So the next day, whether it was a local newspaper supporting the Georgian ethnic group or a local newspaper supporting the Abkhaz ethnic group, they all published an explosive news on the front page—"Ryzhkov Said the Central Committee Will Consider Letting Abkhazia Independence" The Question of Separate Accession to the Soviet Union".
This is like adding fuel to the fire, and the rumors of Abkhaz independence that have been widely circulated in Georgia seem to be confirmed. Immediately afterwards, South Ossetia also sent local ethnic representatives to Abkhazia to meet with Ryzhkov, and put forward the same proposition as Abkhazia. South Ossetia also hoped to leave Georgia and become a separate republic to join the Soviet Union.
The political idea of the two autonomous states trying to separate and become an independent country completely aroused the dissatisfaction of the Georgians. They asked themselves that there was nothing wrong with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but the betrayal of their compatriots made the Georgians angry , anti-separatist activities have become the new focus of contradictions in Georgia.