Chemezov, one of the eight pillars of the future Kremlin Putin, will take the position of first general manager of Rosoboronexport in 2004 and will be in charge of Russia's arms business. And Russia's arms export business is almost a towering, ownerless cash cow, and even goes hand in hand with natural gas exports, becoming Russia's double-headed eagle.

Prior to that, Chemezov was a graduate of the Advanced Course of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. From 1975 to 1976 he worked at the Institute of Rare and Non-Ferrous Metals before resigning to join the State Security Service. From 1980 to 1988, he worked for the Soviet Union "Sunshine" Nonferrous Metals Industry Group, and was later appointed as the chief representative of the group in Dresden, East Germany, in other words, he was also an agent of the KGB.

After returning to the Soviet Union in 1988, he has been holding the position of general manager of the Soviet International Sports Company, and it is Yanayev who has the insight to promote him from that position and put him by his side without giving him any specific position, but Chemezov has never complained, because before he was transferred to the Kremlin, Yanayev said to him, "Comrade Chemezov, I will not let you hold any important position when you are by my side, this is the first thing I want to say to you, the second sentence is, You're going to be in a position that's more important than what I can give you right now, so you get the idea? ”

Yanayev did not insist that the other party could understand his thoughts 100% until two weeks ago he went to Chemezov once and said to him, "In two weeks, I need to see a plan for the construction of a military multinational group that I told you before, and you must be serious and rigorous, because this is your first chance to step on the stage." ”

Chemezov, who had a keen political eye for the company's operations, realized that this was a good opportunity, so he spent two weeks writing a proposal that Yanayev had reviewed and explained to the military top brass today.

Yanayev first explained to the crowd that "the disarmament plan will be carried out in three steps, and the three-step plan will be completed by December next year." In the first phase, we will cut 60,000 men in advance, and then we will observe how it will affect the military and the regional balance, and when it is stable, we will make a guess in the second stage, we will cut another 160,000 men, and in the third stage, we will reduce 200,000 men, which means that only 250,000 troops will be left in the garrison of our Asian defense Far East neighbors. ”

"It's also a goodwill signal to our southern neighbors that China and the Soviet Union don't want to confront each other anymore. We hope to sit on friendly relations before the restoration, and that our neighbors, who are undergoing economic reforms, will also be a political force to be reckoned with in the future. We have struggled enough to deal with Europe and the United States, and there is really no need to ask for trouble and set up a powerful enemy. Excuse me, but to put it mildly, we have already begun to decline, and if we still want to deal with the threat from the West, we can only join forces with others to deal with the bald eagle. ”

Yanayev's words were a nightmare for those who were frantically trying to maintain a strong Soviet army. But Yanayev could not joke about the future of the entire country in order to satisfy the supremacists of a small group of troops defending the country, in fact, a simple large-scale armored cluster charge is already behind the times, and the Gulf War brought shock and reflection to all countries. Only information warfare and coordinated strikes by land, sea and air forces will be the main mode of warfare in the future.

"What to do with the large number of T72 tanks that have been dismantled? Arkhipov complained to me that maintaining the daily maintenance of these tanks and armored units was a nightmare to fill the grievances. Valnikov said.

"If it's sold to the outside world, it may not work well." Chechevatov, who felt that there was no hope of preventing disarmament, took the initiative to make overtures to Yanayev, lest he himself be dismantled, "For the sake of well-known reasons, the poor performance of the T72 in the Gulf War has become a thing for all the world to see. How can anyone still want to buy such a terrible tank? Of course, those who used to be in the Warsaw Pact did not want to be deceived anymore. ”

"With all due respect, all of you." Chemezov smiled slightly, "Who said that we are going to sell T72 tanks, the foreign trade version we sell is T90 tanks, okay?" ”

"T90 tanks? New to the project? "No one knew what Chemezov was talking about, and some of the people here thought it was a new tank project developed by a certain design bureau.

"No, we will continue to sell the T72 under a different name, and these second-hand tanks can be sold at a low discount to Iran, India, Egypt and other third world countries. It is not impossible to sell six get one free when the conditions are suitable, and with personnel teaching, daily maintenance of the tank, and if necessary, you can also export equipment parts. The level of industry like India's is not very ...... In a well-established country, when artillery and parts cannot be produced by themselves, they can only rely on imports. Of course, we're going to set up a new multinational company to sell these things. ”

Chemezov's military weapons delivery group can be said to have great power, after all, it was authorized by President Yanayev himself. Arms dealer Viktor Bout travels the world to show his talent for selling weapons, while Chemezov takes care of the big picture and maintains close ties with Moscow's military leadership. in order to get more inventory.

"I want to get 500 tanks first and try to export them to the third world at a very low discount, oh and those Hind gunships, if you can, more than 200 first, of course, for every one gunship or T72 tank sold, five percent of the profits will be returned to the original military region, as the cost of stabilizing and reducing personnel, what do you think?"

Trafficking in arms is the equivalent of a white wolf with empty gloves, and Chemezov has no cost risks to consider.

The arms business is like an ordinary business, the price is set, the time is booked, and the money is paid in one hand and the delivery is delivered in the other. However, the arms sales that Chemezov is responsible for are more of the gray zone kind, and although Yanayev stresses that the money is used to improve the lives of the people, it is not regulated by any state agency. In other words, the money was Yanayev's private property.

"I'm willing to accept this condition." There is still a possibility that his losses will be recouped, Chechevatov of course nodded in agreement, "But what about the soldiers who have been retrenched?" If you don't leave the army, you must give them a job, otherwise the influx of more than 400,000 unemployed people into society will have a great impact on social stability. ”

"Of course, we have all of this in mind. Not all countries need weapons, especially in a period of peace, arms sales become more difficult, we also need large-scale multinational corporations to maintain the balance of arms sales around the world, in short, we help an organization to overthrow a regional government and create conflict. Then they sell arms to ignite the powder keg of war, and finally pretend to be a coordinator of interests to intervene in the conflict, maintain stability, and help them rebuild their homes. ”

Chemezov's words can be described as despicable, but they are also understandable from the point of view of national strategy, and Varennikov coughed and asked, "Do you want to use this company to solve the problem of the resettlement of most of the personnel after disarmament?" ”

The more Chemezov spoke, the more excited he became, he propped his hands on the table and smiled, "That's right, and when it comes to war, who is the opponent of our Soviet Red Army?" Moreover, the salaries of the staff are paid in US dollars, and even if they die in war, their families will receive much higher compensation than other domestic soldiers at international exchange rates. ”

"So we need weapons training personnel, we need contract soldiers, we need construction workers, and so on, and we have a tough power behind us, and no small country that is not open to us dares to target us, and the company also has the military power to subvert the regimes of small African countries, and of course those who intervene in the war will not intervene in the name of the state. They need another name that is less controversial. ”

Although Chemezov did not understand Yanayev's order that the company's paramilitaries were not allowed to wear camouflage uniforms and could only wear civilian uniforms uniformly distributed by the company, he still faithfully carried out Yanayev's instructions, including the names of those who went out to work, "They are called private military contractors, not illegal mercenaries, but legal war contract workers." ”