Chapter 554

EVA's difficulties can be easily reversed by relying on the strong financial strength of Gorky enterprises, but the difficulties encountered by the Soviet Union made the country's financial situation worse. Only half of 1986 has passed, but the annual budget of the Soviet Union has been seriously overspent. The reason is the sudden crisis of Chernobyl.

In this crisis, the Soviets, with their sense of responsibility in their hearts, blocked the catastrophe on their own land. Many Soviets risked lethal radiation to recover the country. The Soviet air force used 45 M-6 and M-8 heavy helicopters to spray borax, lead powder and sand into the exploded roof of the reactor to reduce the spread of high-dose radiation. As the pilots had to throw protective objects as accurately as possible from the sky above Chernobyl, the powerful radiation dose had made all the protection useless, and the Soviet pilots' behavior was basically the same as suicide. As the commander-in-chief of the rescue operation, general Valentin ivankovic valenkov also suffered from nuclear contamination.

As a result of the continuous spread of nuclear pollution, 60% of the land in Belarus has been contaminated by nuclear pollution, and the number of people who need to be transferred in this area is as high as 330000. In addition, 600000 troops recruited from all over the Soviet Union were building dams along the dense river network around Chernobyl. As the logistics manager of the rescue operation, the budget he handled has exceeded 150 billion US dollars. According to the current situation, when the rescue operation is really over, the total budget for the Chernobyl accident will reach more than 200 billion US dollars. This huge sum of money can hold 25 Olympic Games in Moscow, where every sum of money is saved by the Soviet people from their already poor income.

The $200 billion fiscal spike made the Soviet Union's financial situation suddenly difficult. At this critical time, Gorbachev brought seryosha back to Moscow to discuss financial issues. Because several foreign debts borrowed from Western European countries will soon be due, the Soviet Union can hardly raise enough funds to repay these huge sums in a hurry.

"Seryosa, I want to know, if we can't pay these debts, what kind of trouble will we have?" Gorbachev asked in front of all the people.

"General secretary, leaders, if we don't pay for the money, then our national credit will be greatly reduced, and our international financing conditions will be more stringent in the future! It would be unwise to do so! " Xie liaosha firmly said that he did not want the Soviet Union to default on its credit, because from the current economic form, the Soviet Union is far from the most severe moment, and as a socialist country, it has always been extremely difficult for the Soviet Union to obtain international financing.

"What do you suggest?" Asked ligachov, frowning.

"My suggestion is to sell our gold reserves abroad to cope with our present difficulties. From now on, the international oil price continues to decline, the natural gas pipeline is still in a state of difficult balance of payments, and the US dollar has been continuously depreciating. Gold is now a hot commodity in the international market. If we sell gold now, we should be able to sell it at a fair price. " Xie liaosha replied.

"Comrades, I believe the difficulties we are facing are temporary. Although the main topic of today's meeting is our maturing foreign debt, what I want to say is that selling the country's precious gold reserves is definitely not a long-term solution. I think it's time for our economic reform to speed up! " Shortly after Xie liaosha's speech, there was silence in the conference room. At that time, general secretary Gorbachev raised the big issue of economic reform.

"General secretary, our current financial situation is not a good time for economic reform, is it“ First of all, ligachev said that he was not against reform, but what ligachev advocated was gradual reform, not gambling for quick success and instant benefit. Because in ligachov's view, that kind of reform method is to find trouble on its own. "

"Comrade ligachov, do we still have a way out? Our financial situation is already very dangerous. With the continuous deterioration of economic data, if we can't put our economy back on the right track, how can we afford the party, the Soviet people and the responsibilities entrusted to us by this country? " Gorbachev's tone became more and more serious. He obviously had no patience to continue to argue with ligachev on this issue.

"General secretary, I still reserve my own opinions, but I have no objection to voting within the Political Bureau on the issue of economic reform. In addition, I am critical of Yakovlev's position on some historical issues. I feel that it is irresponsible to blindly carry out a reform when the general conditions are not mature. My suggestion is that the reform should be experimented on a small scale. It's best to do it in light industry and agriculture, where we have the most tight supply“ Ligachov tried to persuade Gorbachev to give up his eagerness for quick success and instant benefit in a calm tone. These views of ligachov represent the views of the Soviet conservatives. Recently, the open discussion led by Yakovlev has exposed some disgraceful and untouched areas of the Soviet Communist Party in the past decades. For example, Stalin killed innocent people indiscriminately during the Anti Japanese War, and Stalin's cruel oppression of Chechnya and Ingushetia. Although these problems have won the welcome of some intellectuals in the society, many veteran party members are dissatisfied with them. They think that this is already a kind of behavior of the Communist Party, and even a betrayal of the Leninist cause.

At this time, Xie liaosha and other officials who attended the meeting watched the fight between lijiachov and Gorbachev on the stage. Each with his own mind weighs the pros and cons in his heart. In fact, it seems that Gorbachev should not personally stand up and argue with ligachev tit for tat, because the status of general secretary is aloof. However, it seems that Gorbachev is obviously dissatisfied with the constraints of conservatives.

"No... no, comrade ligachev, our people have enough wisdom to judge the merits and demerits of our party on historical issues. I don't think there is anything wrong with Comrade Yakovlev's practice in the ideological field. Our party is to correctly look at some historical issues, to face our mistakes on some issues, to draw lessons from them, and to prevent them from the system. Only in this way will our party remain alive forever... "Gorbachev patiently advised.