Chapter 688 (1/2)
Simon quietly left the United States in mid August and flew to Europe. His first stop was Ukraine.
A series of events triggered by the Rwanda massacre in the first half of the year have begun to be forgotten by the public, and the layout of the westero system in terms of private military power is still in close progress.
The first 3000 Ukrainian mercenaries went through several wars, and all the surviving soldiers have become the legitimate private forces of the westero system. Through the addition in recent months, the total number of soldiers registered under the name of ”Ukrainian front line military service company” has exceeded 5000, of which 2500 are stationed in Rwanda according to the original agreement, and the other 2500 are left in Ukraine as replacement.
The headquarters of Ukrainian front line military service company (ufms) is located in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. However, its military base is located in the state of Rovno in the northwest of Ukraine, which is far away from Kiev. This is a very backward state in Ukraine. The whole state of Rovno has only 1.1 million people, mainly in agriculture and animal husbandry.
Because of the ”sword of Damocles” project of the Westeros, the infiltration of the Westeros system into Ukraine began at the beginning of the year.
The Rwanda war in April unexpectedly accelerated the layout rhythm of the vistro system in Ukraine. Through recruitment and arms procurement, the vistro system established contact with the Ukrainian military.
At the same time, at the critical moment of another regime change in Ukraine, the vistro system successfully opened up the high-level contacts of Ukraine when Kuchi ascended the presidency in the next month by sparing no effort to support the former Prime Minister Leon Kuchma in the previous few months.
Leon Kuchma has been in charge of Ukraine for ten years in my memory. The external evaluation of Kuchma is that through the neutral foreign policy between the West and Russia, the domestic economy began to rebound and the politics tended to be stable.
On the surface, it seems so.
However, the reality is that Leon Kuchma contributed to the situation of Ukrainian oligarchs.
Similar to the ”St. Petersburg Gang” in Russia, Leon kutchi first brought the rise of the ”petrovsk Gang”. In the past ten years around the new millennium, Ukraine's politics and economy were basically controlled by politicians and businessmen from petrovsk state in central Ukraine, the well-known ”natural gas Princess” Yulia Tymoshenko At first, he was a member of the petrovsk gang.
A few months ago, Leon Kuchma, who was still in the sprint stage of the election, suggested that the westero system could set up the military base of ufms in petrovsk. Simon was also moved and finally refused.
Keeping in touch with political forces is a necessary condition for the vestro system to take root in Ukraine.
However, Simon does not want to tie the westero system too closely with the petrovsk gang. The petrovsk Gang is not without enemies, and there are many, even full of internal strife. Yulia Tymoshenko later stood on the opposite side of Kuchma.
If they are too tightly bound with each other, they will inevitably suffer in the political struggle in the future.
As it happens, the leader of Ukrainian mercenaries, Kerim jelevyanko, is from the state of Rovno. Moreover, since he was promoted to the rank of Soviet Colonel when he was less than 30 years old, he is only one step away from the rank of general. Apart from his own ability, jelevyanko has no background. Jelevyanko's family has a deep foundation in the state of Rovno.
In order to penetrate Ukraine, the vistro system must choose its spokesperson in this country, and the jelevyanko family and related forces are the best candidates.
Simon arrived in Ukraine on August 16. First of all, he visited the dock.
After a three-day stay in Kiev, he had a low-key meeting with the newly appointed Leon Kuchma and other senior officials, attended a series of banquets and wineries, and then came to the state of Rovno.
Ufms military base is located in the mountains and hills about 60 kilometers north of Rovno state, far away from the crowd, covering an area of 35 hectares. Moreover, compared with the Ohio base in the United States, all the equipment here is ready-made, because the base is originally a former Soviet army camp.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the large-scale disarmament of Ukraine, this camp was left vacant.
At the present stage, Ukraine's land policy is still conservative. However, through the operation of the vistro system, ufms has acquired the ownership of this military base and the surrounding 150 hectares of mountains and hills, and has purchased a large number of military equipment including guns, tanks and helicopters for military training.
Simon was walking in this private area.
There were many people around him, but only three of them were able to walk beside him. This time, Celia Miller, personal military assistant, Klim jelevyanko, who had been appointed president of ufms, and Sergei komorov, another man with black hair, were accompanying him.
Sergei komorov is the chosen business spokesperson for the westero system.
This 36 year old middle-aged man is three years older than jereevyanko. He is only 1.7 meters tall. He is also a little thin and has a very mediocre appearance. However, Sergei komorov is a top student in the Economics Department of Kiev University. During the Gorbachev reform period in the former Soviet Union, komorov gave up his iron rice bowl in an ordnance factory in Rovno state and began to try to do business, mainly in building materials business.Although it is remote and barren, it has very high quality clay, stone and other solid mineral resources.
According to komorov, many of the materials used by the former Soviet high-level officials to build holiday villas in Crimea, southern Ukraine, are from the state of Rovno.
In the process of selecting a spokesperson, Simon naturally tends to be a few oligarchs in his memory.
However, compared with Russia, Simon has much less information in this respect. As for the memory of Tymoshenko or * *, he did not like it. These people are very capable, but they are not smart enough. In the political situation of Ukraine, it is the best policy to hide behind the scenes and be an oligarch. It seems that it is a good thing to jump out and fight for those positions. It will only become a target for everyone.
Klim jelevyanko was the first to introduce some of his family and relatives.
Simon is not averse to cronyism, and even likes it, provided you have enough ability.
The thoughts of the jeleviyanko family are all in politics and the military, and they have no business genes at all. After several searches, Sergei komorov, a businessman from the bottom peasant family in Ukraine, had no background. In recent years, however, he managed his business well and was also familiar with the jelevyanko family, so he was selected successfully.
For Ukraine, Simon doesn't plan to deal with sensitive energy and mineral industries. His plate is too small to be watched by a group of people.
Therefore, it is decided to focus on the field of basic daily necessities.
Clothing, food, housing and transportation are the basic living materials that no one can get rid of.
A few months ago, the westero system injected $10 million into Sergei komorov's aldec company to acquire 80% of the shares. Komorov will hold 15% of the shares and the jeleviyanko family will hold 5%.