Soviet Union 1991

First update

The man sitting in front of Victor had Beethoven-style hair and pigeon-egg-like thick glasses on both ends of his nose. He looked like a gentle and polite university professor, with humorous and polite conversation. At first glance, it was difficult to associate him with the disgusting and cunning politician.

However, such a gentle-looking man was one of the most cruel leaders in the European continent since World War II, with the blood of genocide on his hands.

Victor silently read the resume of the man in front of him. Radovan Karadzic was born in a small village in the Durmitor Mountains in the north of the Republic of Montenegro in Yugoslavia. In 1990, he gave up medicine and went into politics, founded the Democratic Party of Serbia in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was elected as the chairman. He was also the man with the highest voice this year and the most likely to become the president of the Republic of Serbia in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Although he had been involved in politics for a short time, he was eloquent and tactful in political struggles and diplomatic negotiations, and paid attention to struggle strategies. He cleverly used the contradictions between the Muslims and Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina to maintain his political status. He frequently participated in international negotiations and meetings and gave speeches to safeguard the interests of the Serbs. For this reason, many Serbs called him the best politician in Serbia and a hero who played with the European and American powers.

When Victor asked Yanaev how to deal with Karadzic, Yanaev, who had studied him deeply, said bluntly, "Karadzic is a cunning and insidious old fox. Don't expect to get definite promises and guarantees from him. When necessary, use coercion and inducement on him. You have to let him know that the statement that the Soviet Union can influence the situation of the Yugoslav civil war is true, not just made up."

"You mean to let the Serbs give up their hatred for the Croats and Muslims? Everyone sits on the chair and negotiates the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina's territory in a friendly manner? Excuse me, Mr. Victor, what do you think of this idea? Isn't it a little too naive?" Karadzic picked up a piece of sugar with tweezers and put it in the coffee. He slowly took a sip of the coffee, as casual as chatting with a friend.

"You have to know that Serbia has been maintaining the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Yugoslavia. We can't let Croatia and Muslims become independent. This is a humiliation to the Serbs. Even if we have to take extreme measures, we will not leave a single outsider on the land of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We will do whatever it takes!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, is this a disguised hint of genocide?" Victor crossed his left leg and enjoyed Karadzic's outstanding political performance.

"I didn't say that, Mr. Victor. Maintaining the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the responsibility of every Serbian. It won't change just because I'm a presidential candidate." Karadzic changed the subject and looked calm again, as if he had never said what he had just said.

"Okay, Mr. Karadzic, don't I know what you think?" Victor was not interested in continuing to chat with Karadzic. He continued, "I just want to tell you what Moscow thinks about the Yugoslav War. Starting a war is your job. We have no right to intervene, right? But the Moscow leaders still want to remind you."

Victor paused deliberately, trying to whet Karadzic's appetite. Sure enough, the other party couldn't help asking, "Remind me of something? The Serbs have always been very measured in doing things."

"Remind you not to be stupid enough to carry out a genocide." Victor repeated Yanaev's words to Karadzic in full, "I don't care what deep hatred the Serbs and Croats have with the Muslims. But if you launch a massacre and attack against civilians, not to mention NATO, even our Soviet Union will not let you go."

Victor said it with great righteousness, but in fact he was also calculating for the Soviet Union in his heart. Because he was also muttering in his heart, why was Yanaev so sure that Karadzic would launch a genocide against civilians after launching a war?

Yanayev, who knows history well, knows that after Karadzic, who holds the belief of the Greater Serbia nation, became the president of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina fell into a civil war that lasted for three and a half years. During the three and a half years of civil war, Karadzic became the soul and symbol of the Bosnian Serbs. In the three and a half years from the beginning to the end of the Bosnian civil war, 140,000 Muslims and Croats were killed, and more than two million people were homeless.

After the civil war ended in November 1995, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia began to prosecute Karadzic. It was believed that he had instructed his subordinates to massacre 9,000 Muslim civilians and drove one million Muslims and Croat civilians out of the settlements. At the same time, the Hague Tribunal accused him of genocide and war crimes, including the massacre of 11,000 people during the siege of Sarajevo from 1992 to 1995 and the massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995.

"Of course we will not launch attacks against civilians, we are just maintaining peace." Karadzic said it very nicely. What he was thinking in his heart was another matter.

"This is not a political negotiation, this is an exhortation, future President Karadzic." Seeing Karadzic's appearance, Victor knew that the previous preaching did not work. He put on a serious face and said, "Once you launch an action against civilians. Then the attitude of the Soviet Union will change from supporting the establishment of the Serbian nation to resolving opposition. This opposition is not a verbal protest and condemnation. We will send air or ground forces to carpet bomb the Serbian troops over and over again with incendiary gasoline bombs or thermobaric bombs until your last organized force loses its resistance. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understand..." Karadzic took a deep breath. He didn't understand why the Soviet Union, which was still laughing and supporting the Serbs in the previous second, showed a hideous look in the next second. It was like a different person in an instant. And the phrase "future president" was obviously a hint that couldn't be more obvious.

"It's best if you understand. If there is anything you don't understand, I will let you understand it." Victor frowned. He didn't believe that the other party would give up his idea.

"Why did you suddenly change your attitude? Isn't it your goal to support a pro-Soviet regime? If we have one," Karadzic asked.

Karadzic's words were mostly correct, but he forgot one thing. Yanayev only needed to train a few loyal dogs in Eastern Europe, not a group of guys who were nominally loyal to the Soviet Union but actually did something else secretly.

"You don't need to know why. You just do whatever we ask you to do. If you choose to resist, we will train your opponents, or directly use your political opponents to drive you out of office and support a puppet that we can easily control. So remember, you are just a dog trained by the Soviets."

"Karadzic, only by following the right people can you see a bright future." Victor moved the coffee on the table and said to him, "The first question, who doesn't want Yugoslavia to be in turmoil? Of course, it's the Western European countries. Then who is eager to start a war to maintain territorial integrity? Of course, it's you Serbs. On this issue, you have offended the West. You don't have to tell me that the West may support you. They are eager to make Eastern Europe a mess so that they can profit from it."

"The second question can be derived from the first question, that is, once war breaks out in Yugoslavia and the economy and military are blocked, who will provide you with funds? The Western world? Or the Soviet camp. You can think about this question and understand it, right?"

Victor's answer really grasped the core of Karadzic's thinking. They also don't want to have a civil war under the difficult economic blockade, so every time Victor raises a question, his brows will be furrowed.

"Besides, our previous proposal is also for the benefit of the Serbs. If you can occupy a large area of ​​Bosnia and Herzegovina before a limited war breaks out and ends, it means that you have more say when signing the agreement. As for the other non-Serbs on those lands, I don't know what you are going to do."

As long as there is no massacre, the so-called expulsion is a trivial matter. And the more Victor talks, the brighter Karadzic's eyes become, as if Columbus discovered the New World.

"So, do you still think it's not good to be a dog of the Soviet Union?" Victor asked. (To be continued.)