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Instead of focusing on the deal between Japan and the Soviet Union, Yanayev turned to the recent developments of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and as Yanayev expected, OPEC announced oil production cuts before the start of negotiations, and oil prices began to rise again for a while. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoBehind this, of course, hides the ambitions of Saudi Arabia and other countries to fight the Soviet Union.

OPEC's unscrupulousness is entirely due to the support of petrodollars, at least for now, no country can avoid such a situation. It will be as difficult for Yanayev to single-handedly challenge the West as it is to challenge the West on his own.

Yanayev sighed, "Which country does OPEC have the widest attack on?" The answer is certainly not Europe and the United States, for whom such small fluctuations are acceptable, but for a certain Asian country, the reduction in production can be said to be a fatal situation. The United States has a lot of money, and it can afford the losses caused by this kind of shady trick of killing the enemy by 1,000 and inflicting 100 losses, but I don't know if the Japanese economy can withstand such fluctuations. It's just to add insult to injury, oh no, it should be said that it was a shady move to fight and contain the Soviet Union. ”

There have been three oil crises in history, especially the third oil crisis, after Iraq invaded Kuwait in early August 1990, Iraq was subjected to international economic sanctions, which interrupted Iraq's crude oil supply and caused the international oil price to soar to a high of $42. The economies of the United States and the United Kingdom accelerated into recession, and global GDP growth fell below 2% in 1991. The International Energy Agency (IEA) launched an emergency plan to put 2.5 million barrels per day of crude oil reserves on the market, and OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, also rapidly increased production, which soon stabilized world oil prices.

For the United States, it is a wise choice to take advantage of the fluctuation of oil prices to hit a country's economy.

The most important thing that Yanayev should recognize now is the current problem of oil production. The proven reserves in the Middle East are 99.58 billion tons, accounting for 57.4% of the world's total proven reserves. It is mainly concentrated in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and Syria, which have reserves of 84.93 billion tons. The region accounts for 30.4% of the world's total oil production. A considerable number of these Middle Eastern oil-producing countries are lackeys of the United States, and some are allies of the Soviet Union.

The cumulative proven oil reserves in North America are 29.76 billion tons, accounting for 17.2% of the world's total proven reserves, of which Canada's reserves are 24.5 billion tons, second only to Saudi Arabia and second in the world. But Canada is the world's leading producer of crude oil, but its main exporter is the United States. More than two-thirds of Canada's crude oil production of more than 300 to 4 million barrels per day is exported to the United States, and billions of dollars of foreign exchange enter Canada through crude oil exports. So for the United States, the variables in the Middle East have not had much impact on their own oil imports.

In the Soviet Union, the cumulative proven oil reserves of the CIS countries were 10.6 billion tons, accounting for 6.11% of the world's total proven reserves, and their oil production was 490 million tons, accounting for 14.5% of the world's total production. Although Canada's reserves far exceed those of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union produces the second largest amount of oil in the world, after Saudi Arabia. From this point, the USSR can be said to be the second Saudi Arabia. Since the Soviet Union's oil production was already capable of threatening Saudi Arabia's interests, it was not unreasonable to be targeted by the United States and OPEC countries.

The United States has begun to pull out the two nails of Libya and Iraq, followed by Iran and Syria, two anti-American countries, Iran and the Soviet Union only exist in the military alliance under pressure from NATO, and its most important ally in the Middle East is only Assad in Syria.

"I think our Syria is in a very dangerous situation at the moment, after all, he is the nail in the Middle East that the United States has always wanted to remove." Yanayev said to Primakov, an expert on Middle East issues.

Primakov explained to Yanayev that "the USSR deployed military bases in Syria, so NATO has no excuse to attack Syria directly anyway." The most likely scenario is that they will instigate the domestic opposition to create momentum. Then supply weapons for a proxy war. But without outside intervention, President Assad can still forcefully suppress the opposition's momentum and try to keep Syria in a dangerous dynamic balance. ”

All the oil-producing countries that can speak well have been pulled out by the United States one by one, and the rest are jackals who stand on the American camp. Using the petrodollar is tantamount to allowing the United States and its minions to control the world with energy.

"If Syria and Iran also fall, what will happen to the direction of world oil prices?" Yanayev asked the question almost knowingly.

Primakov's answer was very succinct: "The oil production of the Soviet Union was at the mercy of the energy market and squeezed out, and it was difficult to support the overall situation. It will not be long before the Soviet Union will be sidelined, and there will be no way out. And the Far East, which has been built with huge sums of money, will also fail. ”

It's a difficult situation again. Yanayev sighed, the United States has sensed the movement of the Soviet Union, so it will increase its efforts to get rid of all the allies of the Soviet Union, perhaps Assad has not realized that he is in a dangerous equilibrium.

"It's time for us to do something, we have to remind Iran and Syria of the dangers they may face next, and we are not sure where the US tricks are, but we must not bow to the evil forces of US imperialism."

Primakov volunteered at this time, "If you can, send me to Syria, as a Soviet envoy is just right to cover up our plans." And I can also visit the following Soviet airfields in Syria to remind them to be prepared. Compared with Saddam, Assad is much more tactful. ”

Yanayev nodded, and said with some concern, "That's all there is to it now." ”

"Also, if there is a war, does the Soviet Union need to intervene in the war?"

This is Primakov's most critical issue, because he cannot guarantee whether the Soviets will need to intervene in the event of internal unrest in Syria in the future. And how deep the involvement is, Primakov also needs to get a reply from Yanayev.

"With Assad's consent, the Soviet Air Force could strike at any armed forces that invade Syria." Yanayev gave an affirmative answer.

"You told Assad that the Soviet Union was willing to provide asylum in Syria free of charge." (To be continued.) )