Controlling private oil companies under the power of the government was a major goal of Putin's rule. "Yukos" was his obvious beginning, and "intervening in" Ross Oil was his continued. Therefore, even Deripascal, who is already the richest man in Russia, seemed very cautious when seeking shares in Ross Oil: "I have negotiated this matter with President Putin and the head of the President's General Office."

During the negotiations, Gutseliev's offer was US$10-15 billion, while Deripascal's bid was 4 billion. As a result, 6.5 billion of the deal was made, 3 billion of which belonged to Gutseliev himself, and 3.5 billion was used to repay the company's various debts. Some Russian media said: Even if Deripascal's acquisition of Ross Oil Company, it would be a transaction at best, and the company would belong to the country sooner or later.

Now, Putin seems to want to attack Guceliyev.

Jiang Feng, who understands the experience of Russian oligarchs, nodded and said that he is now very clear that after the Russian financial oligarchs develop with government support, they will naturally extend their tentacles to the political circle. Potanin, who once served as Russia's first deputy prime minister, said without any concealment that it is a completely logical step to invite big entrepreneurs to the government, because this can bring specific benefits. On the day the news that Potanin was appointed as the first deputy prime minister was announced, the stocks of the corporate companies he operated soared, and the stocks of the Noliriske Nickel Factory mortgaged to the Potanin consortium rose throughout the day, and the stocks of other financial industrial groups also followed suit.

Of course, as the head of the government, it is impossible to allow businessmen to get involved in their own sphere of influence so easily.

During Yeltsin's tenure, Berezovsky was removed from his post as deputy secretary of the Security Conference, marking an important step for the Russian government to get rid of oligarchical capital. However, Putin was the one who gave a decisive blow to the financial industry group and planned to end the era of Russian oligarchy.

After the Putin government came to power, it would reverse the economic downturn in Russia, resolve a series of social, political and economic contradictions, and begin to strengthen the control of state-owned capital again. Coupled with the political impulse of financial oligarchs represented by Gutseliev and Berezovsky, the conflict between the two sides became inevitable.

However, given the current economic reality of Russian corporals and the ability of oligarchs to control the economic lifeline, Putin never forgets his mind when exercising his iron fist. After every contest, Putin must summon other rich people to the Kremlin and repeatedly declare that his marketization and privatization policies will not change.

"Now I have solved only a few major borers, but they have left some sequelae. I need to solve these tedious matters as soon as possible so that Russia can get on the normal track of development!" Putin said to Jiang Feng, "So, I need more financial assistance!"

"How much does it cost?" Jiang Feng felt that Putin's rise this time would definitely be very big, but he didn't know how much price he would offer? If it was too much, it would be difficult for him to decide. After all, although Russia has many good things, it would be considered as if it were able to move home by itself.

"I need $50 billion in financial aid!" Putin offered his own price.

"Five hundred billion US dollars?" Jiang Feng couldn't help but stand up from the sofa after hearing this, and asked with wide eyes.

Yeltsin started his career as a democratic faction, but after he came to power, he implemented a presidential centralization system. He was a person who integrated democracy and a top-notch person. Under his rule, Russia's political situation was unstable and the economy was in a mess, but he was able to be re-elected as president. In his eight years in power, although he was critically ill many times, he always firmly grasped the power of the country. This is the unique Yeltsin phenomenon in Russia.

In a word, Yeltsin was unable to get the country out of difficulties and out of crisis. In 1999, Russia listed five charges for impeachment of the president, which, although not passed, exceeded half of the votes of the parliament.

However, it is such a person who was able to rule for eight consecutive years and finally received the majority in the presidential election. He was re-elected as president. Although he was critically ill many times, he still firmly grasped the power of the state and defeated one opponent after another. This is indeed a rare phenomenon in Russian history.

Comparing Gorbachev, one can see that in terms of economic situation, the Yeltsin era was much worse than the Gorbachev era; in terms of domestic political life, Yeltsin, as the head of state, performed much better than Gorbachev; in terms of ethnic policy, Yeltsin could not tolerate any ethnic separation at all, but Gorbachev allowed republics to be independent.

When people talk about the reasons for Gorbachev's failure, they often blame his economy for not being well developed, not having enough democracy, and improper handling of national issues. So, why can Yeltsin, who is worse than Gorbachev, support it?

Yeltsin had a strong personality, dared to take risks, dared to take risks, and had a continuous success on the road of adventure during his eight years in power. A person's character played a certain role in history. It can be said that Gorbachev was indecisive and constantly broke down, which was one of the reasons for his failure in reform.

However, relying solely on strong character is obviously not enough to ensure the success of reforms, and more convincing explanations should be found.

To answer this question, it is necessary to look at the system established by Yeltsin, the power he relies on, his allies, the slogans and measures he uses to attract voters, the status of his opponents, etc.

The regime and political system established by Yeltsin is a transitional system. The source of this regime is the Soviet regime. Such a regime inevitably has a lot of shadows from the old era, and its overall structure has obvious imprints from the Soviet era.

The super presidential system replaced the general-book system, but the system where the general-book journal had the final say still exists. The political bureau no longer exists, but people can feel the shadow of the political bureau everywhere in the General Office of the President. The government, the Soviets obey the command of the political bureau and the general-book journal, which is still visible everywhere in the relationship between Yeltsin's government and the Duma and the president. The operating mechanism on which Yeltsin's rule relies does not deviate from the old one.

Russia implements a super presidential system, the president has unlimited power, and the entire regime is a president-centered structure, which forces the administration, legislation and the judiciary to obey the president's will.

This system has a reasonable basis for the existence of this system in Russia. In an era of great social changes, strong and iron-fisted figures are needed, otherwise nothing will be achieved. But relying on one person to manage the country, especially a big country like Russia, will obviously not work in the long run, because power needs to be restricted.

Economic privatization destroyed the state ownership of the Soviet Union, thus completely destroying the foundation of the Soviet Union. Privatization also caused serious polarization in society, with nearly half of the residents living standards below the poverty line, and at the same time, it caused a group of new nouveau riche and billionaires. The middle class began to emerge in Russia, and the new bureaucratic comprador and middle class were the class basis on which the Yeltsin regime relied.

But after Putin came to power, the Yeltsin phenomenon will surely end, and the Yeltsin system cannot continue intact. The president's power will be reduced. The parliamentary democracy, market economy, federal system, and the policy of building a strong country will be waiting to continue and be gradually improved.

Since Putin came to power, although Russia's economy has been in a mess, it has changed well compared to the previous situation. In fact, this turning point of the economic stop-fall and rebound has already appeared in the second half of 1996. Although it was interrupted by the global financial crisis, it recovered by the second half of 1998, and the upward trend in 1999 has been relatively obvious.

After Putin took over, of course, he further promoted the economic revival, but more importantly, he was lucky that he not only caught the storm of stopping the decline and rebounding that was generally experienced by transition countries, but also happened to encounter the rise of oil prices in the international market. The effect of the depreciation of the ruble after the 1997 crisis has begun to show.

To be honest, Putin is a good player in politics, but Jiang Feng doesn't really agree with his economic insights.

Putin's first prime minister, Mikhail Mikhailovic Kasyanov, was good at economic management, but the relationship between the two was not good. In the end, the two went into division, with Kasyanov being dismissed by Putin as the end.

Jiang Feng also considered that with Putin's character, he obviously could not tolerate the current situation of the two state-owned masters for one or two days. Yeltsin's centralization had a greater impact on him, and the economic turmoil in the Yeltsin era also made Putin intentionally strengthen his control over state-owned enterprises to reduce the influence of financial oligarchs against the regime.

How can you allow others to sleep soundly?

Putin now needs Jiang Feng’s strong financial support, so he can take action against domestic financial oligarchs, especially those who have a covetous desire for their regime, and suppress them.

After more than ten years of development, these financial oligarchs have already had an astonishing amount of wealth in various parts of Russia. Without the support of large amounts of funds, Putin will find it difficult to rely on the power of the country to successfully subdue them. However, the reason why he did not consider lending to Western countries to complete this matter, but instead wanted to borrow from Jiangfeng privately. What he values ​​is that transactions with Jiangfeng are purely exchanges of commercial interests and there is no political demand. If he borrows from Western countries, he will be easily constrained, and it is difficult to estimate what will happen in the future.

Simply put, it was the Yeltsin era that fattened a large number of financial oligarchs. After these people had money, they really regarded themselves as emperors. After Putin took over, he felt that these fat sheep had forgotten what they were. He wanted to raise a butcher knife to kill pigs and sheep, but someone needed to deal with the aftermath after the massacre, so he came to Jiang Feng, a super rich man with assets of more than 200 billion yuan.

"Then, I am willing to help the President accomplish this feat." After thinking about it, Jiang Feng felt that the profit contained there was indeed very large. Russia is not comparable to a small country like Sanfoqi. The resources here can be said to be heart-pounding. Although Putin could not do anything to sell the country, it is possible to exchange such things, especially in oil and gas field resources, which is really tempting. (To be continued. Please search for astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!)
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