MTL - Big Time 1958-Chapter 880 oil price cut

   "Let it go, it's weird for two men to be like this." Shelbitsky took a breath and had to speak. Homosexuality was discovered in the Soviet Union and would be sent for treatment. Soviet scientists have long believed that it was a form of mental illness.

   "You're welcome!" Shelov took out the jug indifferently after letting go, and poured it into his hand. He was also male and female. Many standards in the Soviet Union were different from those in the rest of the world. Every time European and American scientists tried to remove homosexuality from the category of mental illness, they were met with fierce opposition from the Soviet Union. When European and American scientists succeeded, it was already after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. A series of standards introduced by the Soviet Union almost all disappeared from international organizations.

   Such an overnight fiasco, even Serov, the Chinese, is a pity for the Soviet Union. Now, he has the ability to reverse it. He didn't think that Beria's number one in the world could succeed, and he was trying his best to avoid Shelepin's aggressiveness. The former was assassinated by Malenkov, Khrushchev, and Molotov. The latter forced everyone around Brezhnev.

The current situation has forced Serov to make another change in his thinking. Anyway, the Dnipro gang has no successors, and the bigger threat is the few people nominated by Andropov, who may also be against himself with Andropov. The body has no confidence about it. Except for Ligachev, these cadres are actually average in ability. As for the reason why Ligachev looks good, that is because in the Khrushchev era, Ligachev worked in the central government, unlike Ryzhkov and Vorotnikov.

but? Shirbitsky's attitude always made Serov feel helpless. If it weren't for the fact that Andropov's favored cadre had no ability, would he still have contacted the Dnipro gang?

"You know? I think the most unstable one is Ryzhkov!" In front of his in-laws, Serov did not hide his true views on the few people selected by Andropov. The reason why he didn't like Ryzhkov was also There is one, that is Ryzhkov and the first secretary of the Stavropol Krai, the central committee member Ge Tutu has a very good relationship.

   Serov didn't find out about this situation for a long time. After preliminary observation, the relationship between the two was just the opposite of history. Now the map of Go is good in the look and feel of the big man Ryzhkov. Because of this relationship, the general political commissar's perception of Ryzhkov is even worse. How do you say it? Smells congruent, right?

   Is Ryzhkov a reliable heir? Serov absolutely did not believe in this matter. He and Getu had only a worse and worse relationship, the chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers, a real second-in-command. Even if he doesn't have Kosygin's prestige, it doesn't mean he doesn't do it. Ligachev organized the final counterattack, although it was easily crushed. What did Ryzhkov do, does the Soviet Union need a second-in-command as a spectator?

"So your eyes are still good?" A smile slowly appeared on Shirbitsky's face, and he said calmly, "There are very few people who Andropov chose to use. . To tell the truth, even those police officers under your command are inferior."

"If my eyes are not good, how can I find you. Chernenko is only the oldest in your group, but in fact, you are the person with the most means and the most ruthless heart. Otherwise, we supported Sherest. At times, even your second-in-command can bring him down." Shelov said in a long voice, "The support is the same, and you have the strength to make Sherest uncomfortable. This is not something Chernenko can do. ."

"Can I understand that this is a compliment?" Shcherbitsky rolled his eyes and dismissed Serov's evaluation, "If Chernenko and I were to lose positions, you would be the same as Sherepin today. gone."

   "It's more likely that you will die in a traffic accident." Serov, who was rubbing his fingernails, said softly, "I suggested to Shelepin to use the Kremlin garrison troops to kill you in a direct coup."

"You can't do it, Zinev, Tsvigon, Shelokov, Chebrikov are all there, they will look at you." Sherbitsky shook his head, "The risk is too great, so Ilyich There is no certainty of a showdown with Shurik."

"Well, the risk is too great. This is the reason why the two of them finally solved the problem by political means. At this point, Shurik lost!" With the situation at the time, unless Serov can immediately order the KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs All the members of the Dnipro gang were eliminated, otherwise, once the military knew about it, the whole of Moscow would be bloodshed.

   The bosses of the two groups are now dead and the other retired. In this Ukrainian Hotel, two leaders who were once optimistic about each other had their first contact. If it was ten years ago, neither of them would have imagined today. They are plotting a conspiracy, a conspiracy enough to change the politics of the Soviet Union.

"I didn't expect his health to be so bad, and Chernenko. Sure enough, he has no political allies, and he's hiding it from me. But thanks to you!" Sherbitsky looked at Serov and said, "Tikhon Nov is not a tough guy to deal with, I know him well. Brezhnev used him solely because Tykhonov was a good executor. It was to control the government level and exclude Kosygin's influence, ku Nayef is the hardest to deal with."

   Serov nodded. As Brezhnev's very optimistic candidate, Serbitsky's disadvantage is that he is a local cadre and cannot understand Moscow's first move. This made him unable to react quickly when he competed for the general secretary.

   This also proves that even Brezhnev did not want to attach his subordinates. After all, Serov mentioned the wedding date of the two families again, and he felt that it could start after the Russian New Year.

   "Well, I was kidnapped by you." Sherbitsky said impatiently, if he could choose to regret it, he would definitely not send his daughter to Moscow to go to school. Comrade First Secretary may forget, even if he doesn't. The general political commissar can also send his son to Ukraine, but Sierbitsky's daughter cannot escape either.

   So this kind of idea is useless, what should come will always come. After finishing Sherbitsky, the chief political commissar felt that his bones became lighter by two taels, and he walked with the illusion of a moonwalk. When he walked out of the Ukrainian Hotel, the special car was already waiting outside.

In a room on the twelfth floor, a pure white arm was supporting a statue with strong colors of the Orthodox Church by the window. This girl's face was absolutely beautiful, her eyes were slightly closed, and there was a hint of shyness on her face, and a touch of shyness appeared on her perfect body. Flushing, her slender legs were tightly closed, and she let the man behind him do it.

The younger man in the back was more serious, holding the woman's body constantly shaking, listening to the girl's obviously suppressed voice, at this moment the girl suddenly stopped responding, and said softly two seconds later, "Boris , I just saw my uncle."

"Yina, don't be kidding, you know that although my father doesn't care about this kind of thing, he can't let him know that we are here, this is not something ordinary people can come in!" Boris kept moving, he thought it was the girl who didn't want to be by the window excuses.

But! Sherbilova also wanted to say that she was not mistaken, but was picked up by the man behind her and left the window in a princess hug. How could a girl compete with a boy who passed all the training in the spy school? I forgot what I wanted to say, and completely handed over the initiative to the man on my body.

   "Boris hasn't come back yet?" Serov said to himself with some doubts after arriving home. Now he can't guide his son where he is through the course. Boris has graduated and will soon enter the Fifth General Bureau of the KGB to start work.

   "My son looks a lot like you!" Valiya came out of the kitchen with a bowl of soup, and said with a pun.

  It's a pity that the General Political Commissar didn't hear the meaning. If Grishin was a guest at his house, maybe the two of them could analyze it.

While subtle changes were taking place within the Soviet Union, Reagan was not idle. He visited Saudi Arabia and began to try to weaken the Soviet Union's economic power. In the 1970s, when oil prices skyrocketed, the Soviet Union's revenue from oil exports increased by 100%. 300, exports increased by 22 percent, and the price of the world oil market played a decisive role in the liquidity of the Soviet economy. A dollar increase in the price of oil per barrel means the Kremlin gets about a billion dollars in additional hard currency, whereas a fall in oil prices means less revenue.

The United States is a big oil importer. The United States spends nearly 200 billion US dollars a year to buy oil. The most suitable oil price for the US economy is 20 US dollars per barrel, while the price of oil per barrel was 34 US dollars at that time. If the price of oil on the international market drops to $20 a barrel, it will reduce the cost of the US economy by $70 billion a year, which means that one percent of the existing gross national product will be converted into income for American consumers. And, the overall economic situation in the United States will improve significantly. Lowering the price of oil could hit the Soviet Union hard.

Reagan told King Fahd: "Saudi Arabia's main enemies are Iraq, Libya, Iran and the Soviet Union, all of whom are the main beneficiaries of high oil prices, while low oil prices have greatly benefited Saudi Arabia and the United States; with the United States as a backer, Saudi Arabia No more fear of threats from any country. The United States provides Saudi advanced combat aircraft and other advanced weapons and provides military protection.”

   At the same time, the US energy secretary has persuaded the UK to simultaneously increase its oil production in the North Sea.

"Saudis, do you think they are very good at fighting?" Shelov laughed, "This incident has some impact on us, but the most affected are Iraq and Iran, whose own industries cannot support such price cuts. "Oil is very important to the Soviet Union, but the Soviet Union's industry is also very strong, and its endurance is much stronger than that of countries that simply sell oil. Moreover, the Soviet Union's grain does not need to be imported as in history, and it does not need a lot of dollars for storage.