I don't know how long I'll be in this position, and the only thing I think about is that I should hide my kids in **.
In 1999, Yeltsin promoted the young and promising Putin to the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and seemed to intend to make him the first person of the future. However, instead of rejoicing, Putin is worried, as he said: "I have never felt so stressed." ”
However, no one could have imagined that it was this promotion that would become Russia's savior in times of crisis.
How did Putin get to the top of the list? What great achievements did he achieve since taking office? The story of a savior who was ordained in danger. In 1994, Yeltsin** was invited by the first mayor of St. Petersburg, Sobchak, to St. Petersburg for a vacation and participated in a lively hunting banquet.
However, he noticed an empty chair next to the dining table and felt something strange. "Is there a guest in that position? ”
Yeltsin's curiosity made him ask, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense, especially the host Sobchak, who said embarrassedly: "Yes, he is indeed my student, but I don't know why, he has not arrived for a long time." ”
As a **, Yeltsin rarely encountered such a situation of waiting for others. In his memoirs, he wrote: "Whoever the other party is, if he lacks a sense of time, is doomed to failure." ”
However, he did not expect that this late man would give him hope.
Putin had dinner with Yeltsin, and the food on the table was mouth-watering. However, an unexpected event shattered the silence: a large brown bear burst out of the grass.
Although this situation is not uncommon in Russia, which is known as a "fighting nation", everyone was stunned and lost their reaction for a while. However, at this critical juncture, a gunshot rang out, the brown bear fell to the ground, and people breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, they also found a man who "stepped forward". Who is he?
Yeltsin asked who Sobchak's student was, and Sobchak replied that it was Vladimir Putin. Yeltsin saw Putin in camouflage uniform, and the original displeasure disappeared and was replaced by deep appreciation.
This was Yeltsin's first meeting with Putin, but he immediately decided that this confident and dashing man would be the best person in his hands. Because Russia at that time was in a state of decay that was falling apart and needed someone with determination and ability to lead the country.
In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed, and the once great power on an equal footing with the United States came to an abrupt end. However, the republics did not gain their freedom as they had hoped, especially the Soviet Union, which was the core. ”
After the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, was driven out of the Kremlin, Boris Yeltsin took over the reins and became the first Russian leader. He began bold reforms, trying to imitate the West to establish a ** system of separation of powers and implement a ** system.
But soon, he realized that these attempts could lead Russia into an even more difficult situation. ”
Yeltsin was a decisive and resolute leader, but when he became a leader, his eagerness led him to be overly radical. At the beginning, his power was strictly constrained by the former Soviet Union, including the People's Congress and the Supreme Soviet Egyptian Constitutional Court, especially in the case of political turmoil, his ** power was actually in name only, and gradually evolved into a situation of open competition for power between the "executive organ headed by **" and the "parliament".
Against the backdrop of the economic crisis, Russia's upper echelons are caught in a whirlpool of power struggles, with economic problems bearing the brunt. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia was saddled with a domestic debt of 1 trillion rubles and a foreign debt of $120 billion, and the exchange rate of the dollar to the ruble went from 1:09 soared to 1:3235, and the currency depreciation situation was severe.
In the face of the collapse of the Russian economy, Yeltsin took office**, although he inherited most of the "legacy" of the former Soviet Union, but his economic measures had an even worse effect.
On the one hand, it has adopted a plan to tighten the fiscal system, including raising taxes and reducing the deficit. On the other hand, price controls have also been relaxed, allowing companies to set prices freely.
As a result, state-owned enterprises and other major enterprises have lost the first aid, and the increase in value-added tax has doubled the pressure on enterprises, and they can only pass on the burden by increasing the product.
Russia** has tried to promote economic development through privatization of state-owned property, especially for small enterprises that have nothing to do with the national economy and people's livelihood, and large, medium-sized and extra-large enterprises have passed the joint-stock reform**.
However, due to the influence of the traditional system, most of the shares were eventually bought by the company's own employees, who accumulated a large amount of wealth in a short period of time, and then became a minority of economic oligarchs.
In Russia, there is a group of people who use the means of embezzling state assets and interfering in politics, which seriously threatens the stability of the country. At this time, Yeltsin** realized the seriousness of the problem, but due to advanced age and the effects of heart disease, he could not solve it personally.
So, he began to look for the right ** person. Eventually, in 1998, he adopted the Constitution of the Russian Federation, through which he gained the coveted powers.
However, the first thing he did when he came to power was to get rid of the rich children who would only occupy positions and do nothing, and dismiss 4 prime ministers in one fell swoop.
In the process, Yeltsin realized that he lacked available talent, which made him anxious. Because it was his decisions that led to Russia's predicament, if he did not have a confidant after leaving office, he might face a reckoning from the opposing parties and the vast number of Russian people, with unimaginable consequences.
After careful consideration, Yeltsin decided to look for ** people among the young people who had never set foot in **, and Putin's appearance was exactly what he expected.
In 1996, Yeltsin transferred Putin to the "Administration of Russian Affairs" and asked him to deal with economic and legal issues. However, their relationship was not all smooth sailing, but full of twists and turns.
That same year, Sobchak was sentenced to prison for bribery, and everyone around him left him. Putin, however, took the risk and used his power to help his mentor escape from prison and assist him in his escape.
You know, Sobchak and Yeltsin have always had differences in political views and are hostile political opponents, while Putin is already working beside Yeltsin. However, he still made a choice to stay true to his heart despite the danger.
Putin, after Yeltsin, honestly searched for and revealed the truth. When asked why, he expressed his gratitude to his mentor, saying that the grace of knowing the encounter should not be forgotten, and that he was willing to accept any punishment.
Yeltsin was deeply shocked by Putin's honesty and sense of responsibility, but at the same time, he also strengthened his determination to choose Putin as Russia's leader.
In his resignation speech at the end of 1999, Yeltsin announced that Russia would be taken over by Putin with full powers, which marked Putin's official assumption of the post of Russia's leading government. However, despite the high hopes of all, Putin himself is full of uncertainty about the future, because he knows that his self-confidence comes from his past experiences.
And the tempering of his youth is the cornerstone of his firm belief in the future.
Putin was born in 1952 to a revolutionary family in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia). His father was a partisan who had fought in Estonia, but was wounded on the battlefield and left with a lifelong disability.
My grandfather, on the other hand, worked as a cook in Lenin's state villa after the October Revolution, and was educated in the ideology of Soviet power from an early age. This family background laid the foundation for his later entry into the political center of Russia.
However, Putin's path to success has not been easy.
Putin was impulsive and irascible in his youth, he was tough and competitive, especially keen to command others, and often used violent means to solve problems. In school, fights and brawls often happen, and he is a "problem student" who has a headache in the eyes of teachers.
He once said: "On the streets of Leningrad, I learned a truth, if you must use force, you must strike first. ”
Putin's youthful arrogance and rashness came to an abrupt end after he was frustrated in his application for the Soviet Youth Organization. This blow made him deeply feel that he could not be respected by others without the rational use of force.
So, he decided to devote himself to studying judo, an oriental martial art. Judo is a form of force that blends rigidity and softness, and uses softness to overcome rigidity, which contains a profound philosophy of contradictions, and through a deep understanding of realism, teaches us how to clarify goals and achieve them through rational means.
In Putin's endless training, his temperament gradually became calmer, so much so that his judo coach praised him: "Give it your best every time you train, and once you set a goal, you will do your best to achieve it." ”
In 1970, Putin was fortunate enough to be admitted to the law faculty of Leningrad University, and by the way completed a degree in economics, in addition to being recommended by the school to join the Communist Youth League, which shows that his future is bright.
Surprisingly, however, he chose to sign up for the KGB.
Among the world's most important organizations, the Mossad, the CIA, MI6 and so on are famous, but during the Cold War, only the KGB could make the world fearful, and its personnel penetrated into almost every corner of the country.
Moreover, the selection and training of the KGB is extremely strict, and only college students with clean files and good health are eligible to enter the "** Academy" and accept the elimination system again, which includes not only physical fitness and ** skills, but also a series of professional skills required for radio and driving.
The KGB was extremely demanding, requiring not only top-notch mental, physical and willpower, but also long training and tests. However, Putin successfully completed this transformation in just three years, and in the following five years, he was active in various intelligence work, showing excellent work ability.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Putin officially broke away from the KGB organization. However, his years of intelligence career have endowed him with a unique mode of thinking and living habits, and the spiritual core of the KGB has deeply influenced him.
It was argued that "the KGB is not just a profession, but a way of life." The KGB shaped Putin and made him a remarkable **.
Once upon a time when the former Soviet Union collapsed, Putin's life fell into a barren land, as if all hope had been lost. However, fortunately, his mentor Sobchak reached out in time to let him shine on the **.
Putin has not only witnessed the prosperity of the former Soviet Union, but also its decline. Therefore, when he was given the important task of Russia ** by Yeltsin, he would have a moment of confusion, thinking about how to hide his two daughters and keep them away from danger.
In the early days of Putin's rule, the Russian people were suspicious of him. However, after coming to power, Putin adopted a series of resolute and decisive reform measures, which brought about a complete change in the attitude of the people.
With his tough hand, like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, he led Russia on the road to rise. In 2000, when Putin was elected, he promised: "Give me 20 years, and I will make Russia stronger." ”
This was not only a major turning point in the fate of Russia, but also the process of his talent in the political arena.
Russia is like an ornament, if I want to, I can let a monkey do it all.
Putin was unceremonious about such an arrogant oligarch as Berezovsky and began to liquidate them. He first persuaded the oligarchs with kind words and offered them a chance to cooperate, and if they accepted, they could still have a way to live.
However, Berezovsky and other diehards did not accept Putin's mediation plan, but instead gathered an opposition force and formed a "Free Russia Party" to oppose Putin.
Faced with this situation, Putin did not relent, and decisively issued a wanted warrant to severely crack down on Berezovsky and others.
Berezovsky's death drew attention in the London villa, and he became a symbol of the oligarch's downfall. Putin took steps to make these oligarchs have to opt out or face legal sanctions, and the Russian economy has been brought back to life.
In addition, Putin's hardline policy has also been thoroughly resolved in resolving problems left over from history and stabilizing international status.
The current leader of the Chechen Republic, Kadyrov, has repeatedly stated: "We have great respect for Putin and are willing to give everything, including our lives, for him." "This fully demonstrates Putin's extraordinary charisma as a leader.
In 2015, Time magazine and Forbes magazine jointly named him "the most influential person in the world that year".
Since taking office for more than 20 years, Putin has shined on the top floor with his unremitting efforts, and is highly respected and loved by the Russian people, and is known as "the precious wealth left to Russia by the red powers".