Soviet Union 1991

If the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to a head of state is that there was turmoil in his own country while he was conducting peace negotiations with other heads of state. Especially when he heard the Estonian TV broadcast about large-scale unknown armed men attacking various Estonian military bases with firearms in various places, Arnold, who had been in a bad mood during the meeting, finally couldn't help but attack Yanayev.

"Yanaev, is this what you call peace negotiations? You haven't even sat at the conference table for five minutes, and the whole of Estonia is in turmoil? Is this what you call coming from Russia with love and peace?"

In order to deal with the threat from the Soviet Union, the President of Estonia only deployed troops mainly on the border between Estonia and Russia, because he did not expect that the Russians in the country would suddenly obtain a large number of weapons and instantly transform from being a moderate and marginalized country. The sheep turned into monsters armed to the teeth, and of course Victor, who was in charge of arms smuggling, played an important role in this.

The Estonian intelligence agency had previously received a tip-off that a batch of weapons and supplies used to support the opposition would be transported into Estonia through the Soviet border in the near future. However, this information did not reach the president's desk in the end, but was reported by the intelligence agency. A supervisor who was also a secret KGB spy was intercepted. That night, the channel personnel who knew the source of the intelligence died from serious injuries in a car accident.

A few days later, these weapons appeared openly in the opposition strongholds. It was said that at the meeting to formulate the riot plan, a Russian who was proficient in Estonian was making suggestions.

Perhaps because he was too angry, Estonian President Arnold Rutel spoke a little incoherently. Vytautas, Chairman of the Lithuanian Supreme Council, secretly pulled his sleeve and motioned for Arnold to sit down first. Anatoly, who had been relatively gentle just now, also tore off his hypocritical mask at this moment and said coldly, "President Yanayev, is this different from the script we agreed on? Do you really want to Cause war among the participating countries."

"No, no, no, Acting President Anatoly, this is just your own idea. In fact, according to the current situation, everything is developing according to my script." Yanayev shook his middle finger and gestured With a NO gesture, he said to Putin beside him, "Comrade Putin, please give me the newspaper you prepared this morning. Thank you."

Putin neatly took out a newspaper from his suitcase, placed it in front of Yanayev, and spread the newspaper neatly before retreating. Yanayev pointed to the headlines of the Russian newspaper, "Look, The Supreme Constitution of the Soviet Union has been revised. No member country can secede from the Soviet Republic without more than 100% of the votes of Soviet citizens."

According to time calculation, this news was released only two minutes ago. Yanayev just asked the news newspapers to make a special edition in advance to humiliate the leaders of the three Baltic countries at the meeting.

In other words, as long as one Soviet citizen votes against it, the independence plan of the three Baltic countries will come to nothing. Yanayev just likes to use black humor to satirize his opponents. Don’t you advocate freedom and votes? Okay, I will give you the right to choose. Failure to pass it only means that the government you represent here is garbage that the people do not support.

anger! At this time, Arnold was so angry that his originally pale face turned purple. He clenched his fist and wanted to punch the indifferent leader of the Soviet Communist Party in the face. Originally, they wanted to use this meeting to humiliate the top leaders, but they did not expect that the instigators actually designed a bigger and more complicated conspiracy than them.

The Soviet red spider that had laid a dragnet looked at the three flying insects jumping up and down with disdain, waiting for them to fall into the trap. Only in the end did these people realize that they were not just clowns at all.

Take their president hostage and declare war on the evil empire! Arnold always felt that there was a voice in his heart that kept tempting him to activate the state violence machine to resist Soviet tyranny.

"Everyone, listen to me." Seeing the uncertain faces of the three leaders, Yanayev said, "I don't think the issue you are considering now is how to get the referendum to reach 100% and how to quell the rebellion in the country. How can the situation deal with the Soviet army that is waiting eagerly? "

"If you are holding me hostage in this parliament and have achieved the goal of threatening the Soviet Union, you should think about it and let it go." Yanayev stood up, and the agents protecting the president from the three Baltic countries also took a step forward, looking at Yanayev warily. Nayef's actions.

"Have you never thought that the reason why I dared to announce this news in parliament, or even announced it in person, is that the real President of the Soviet Union is still sitting on the presidential desk in the Kremlin and staring at your ridiculous move. Do you want to move? What if the person who took so much trouble to arrange the meeting is just a stand-in for the president? The end result will be just an excuse for the Soviet Union to send troops, and you will suffer disaster."

"Asshole!" Arnold slammed his fist on the table. This was the first time he had lost his temper in parliament. Anatoly and Vytautas looked at Arnold a little embarrassed. The three people who originally wanted to see the Soviet joke Instead, they were laughed at by the Soviets. Even if Yanayev asked Arnold to put the gun to his forehead now, he would not dare to shoot now. No matter whether the Soviet president in front of him was true or false, as long as something happened to him in Estonia, the three Baltic countries would be reduced to ruins.

"That's all I have to say. It's up to you to sign or not." So far, Yanaev has taken control of the overall situation. In the current situation, independence has become impossible. Vytautas chose to endure for the time being. As long as the idea of ​​independence is still taking root among the people, he will not worry about not having opportunities in the future.

Of course, Yanaev will never give him a chance. He pointed to the document and said, "After signing this treaty, the command of the armies of your three countries will be handed over to Moscow. Of course, we will also send troops to the three Baltic countries to maintain stability. Oh, you can choose not to agree, and the result will be nothing more than a situation of internal and external troubles. It is hard to say whether public opinion will still support the independence of your government at that time."

Vytautas's hand, which was about to write, stopped instantly. He looked up at Yanaev and squeezed out two words from his mouth, almost gritting his teeth, "despicable."

"This It's not mean, my friends, and you only have half a day to think about this issue. "Yanaev glanced at his watch, "From now on, there are still five hours before the treaty is signed. In five hours, the Soviet armored forces will enter the three countries to maintain stability. Of course, I don't mind you sending troops to resist, but don't forget that there are still large and small loose armed unrest in your country. Oh, by the way, the Baltic Fleet will block the entire sea area, so you are really fighting alone. "

"I propose that the parliament be temporarily suspended." Vytautas said to Arnold and Anatoly He exchanged glances and said, "The three of us need to discuss privately before we can answer you, President Yanaev."

Yanaev made a gesture of invitation, "Whatever, I'm not going anywhere. I'll wait for your reply in this conference room. And please be quick. The Soviet Union's steel torrent has always been very punctual."

As soon as the three of them left the conference room, Arnold, who was pretending to be reserved, suddenly jumped up and down in anger. He waved his fist and shouted, "He's crazy. Who does he think he is! How dare he make such an excessive request."

"No point in talking more." The calmest Vytautas sighed. He took off his glasses and said slowly, "Let's call the West, led by the United States, for help. I hope that within five hours, those politicians can come up with a plan to save the Soviet Union. The situation is not under the control of the three of us now."

"What if we can't come up with a plan?" Anatoly asked weakly, "What will happen to us?"

Vytautas glanced at him, his voice cold and emotionless, "What will happen? At most, we will spend the rest of our lives in a Siberian prison, and the three Baltic countries may not have the possibility of independence in another forty years."