In the past 1994, Ukraine's annual GDP plunged by 20% again, from US665.6 billion in 1993 to US552.5 billion. It is far from the peak of US882.7 billion before the breakup, and the overall decline has reached 37%.
The only thing that is better than Russia may be the restoration of food production in Ukraine.
Relying on the most fertile large area of black land in Europe, Ukraine's annual grain production in 1994 was 27 million tons, an increase of 145% from the lowest point of 11 million tons in 1991. However, this figure is still only barely more than half of the maximum grain production of 52 million tons before the collapse.
The severe economic recession has made Ukrainian citizens severely lacking in all other living materials except for barely being able to fill their stomachs.The entire country, even the capital Kiev, is in a depression. Store shelves are empty and closed one after another. There are few vehicles and pedestrians on the streets. The thrift market is full of all the items that residents can sell in their homes, books, records, tableware, cameras, pianos...just to exchange for some expensive living supplies in the middle of winter.
At the coldest time of the year, this depression is becoming more and more shocking.
Celia Miller left Kiev on the morning of January 10th local time and rushed to Rivne Oblast along the wide national highway built in the Soviet era. Along the way, large areas of cities and villages covered with snow were such desolate scenes, and even gave people a sense of dead silence.
As a Pentagon public official who used to directly confront the former Soviet Union by the U.S. government, Celia couldn't help but feel pity in the face of this scene.
At noon, I arrived in the city of Rivny, the capital of Rivne Oblast, and it was a fine sunny day.
Compared with the decadence seen all the way from Kiev, there are obviously more pedestrians and vehicles on the streets of the capital of the northwestern Ukrainian state under the sun. Even if the temperature is still below zero at noon, the faces of the people wrapped in thick clothes do not have the kind of numbness of Kiev to the status quo and the future, but with some kind of vitality that can be easily felt.
This is a city of hope.
The key to Livni's ability to do this is because of money.
At the beginning of 1994, Ukraine signed an agreement with the United States and Russia to abandon nuclear weapons, only in exchange for an official U.S. special fund of 175 million U.S. dollars and 155 million U.S. dollars in economic assistance, totaling 330 million U.S. dollars.
In contrast, in the past year, only the Westeros system has invested a total of no less than 200 million U.S. dollars through the purchase of military quartermaster, the support of the Ukrainian frontline military service company team, and the investment in Ukraine. A large part of it has gone to the border city of the state capital in northwest Ukraine.
As the residence of UMFS mercenaries, the Westeros system has directly brought thousands of 'high-consumer groups' to Livni. The Westeros system has invested heavily in the city of Livni and created tens of thousands of jobs in the city. All of these eventually prompted all walks of life in Livni to come back to life.
When Simon came to the city in August last year, the number of residents in Livni had fallen from 290,000 at its peak to 220,000 because of the desolate economy and material scarcity. A large number of residents fled.
In less than half a year, because of the large number of job opportunities brought about by the presence of UMFS mercenaries and the investment in the Westeros system, a large number of people from the four states and counties that have heard the wind have poured in, and the number of residents in Livni has quickly exceeded 300,000.
Looking at everything around her, Celia realized that, regardless of all the game factors, she was actually doing a very good thing on this trip.Only by removing those unscrupulous blood-sucking moths can this promising city develop better, and the residents here can see the future.
otherwise.
Celia is very aware of the strong personality of her young boss.
If he fails to achieve his goal, he will really give up his layout in Ukraine.
If the Westeros system is completely withdrawn, everything here will only fall back into silence like the rest of Ukraine.
Celia and her party and the special team from the Kiev authorities passed through the city and arrived directly at the Rivny City Hall building. After meeting with Ken Dixon, who arrived here in advance, things started quickly without waiting for everyone to have lunch. .
The governor of Rivne OBLAST, Yuri Miloslav, who came to greet him, was relieved of his duties and detained on the spot. Andrei Smirnov, the mayor of Rivne, who had already had contact with the Westeros system in advance, took over as governor. The Rivne Oblast police system, controlled by the family of UMFS president Kerim Jelevyenko, launched an operation to arrest Miloslav's family and direct descendants according to the list listed in advance.
In the evening, the swift Rivne Oblast officialdom earthquake had already come to an end.
When the citizens of Livni, who heard the wind and didn't know what was going on, were watching TV in the evening, they finally saw the relevant news from the TV station that had been acquired by the Westeros system before.
Looking at the large amount of cash and belongings searched from the mansion of the Governor Miroslav family on the TV screen, covering an entire villa living room, the panic of ordinary residents quickly disappeared, and then turned to anger. After the director of the president's office personally expressed the determination of the Kiev authorities to combat corruption and restore the economy, the residents' emotions completely calmed down.
The task Simon explained to Celia was by no means to eliminate the officialdom of the city of Livni, but to remove the biggest obstacle that might hinder the development of the Westeros system in this state.
Kill monkeys and watch chickens.
Therefore, that night, when the TV station made a special report on the governor's ouster, Celia and Dixon personally held a party in a hotel in Rivny.
The main thing is to comfort people.
Facing the thunderous methods of the Westeros system, the Rivne Oblast government system, which is like a bird of prey, also settled down after Celia made a personal statement. There is no need to make any clear statement. Everyone has formed an idea in their hearts. The Westeros system has absolute green light power in this state and county, and it cannot be provoked.
Combined with certain words when communicating with her boss, Celia also understood another meaning of Simon's arrangement.
The Westeros system requires this state and county to obtain absolute authority, but it will not protect other foreign investors. As long as the Rivne Oblast officialdom does not provoke the Westeros system, it doesn't matter what else it wants.Judging from the current signs, the city of Rivny is expected to become the economic center of northwest Ukraine. Coupled with its close proximity to other European countries, it will definitely attract more investors in the future.
Then, those people will find that the investment environment here is actually not that beautiful.
Only the Westeros system can be unimpeded.
Accordingly, this state and county will also become more dependent on the Westeros system.
Removing the governor and some direct descendants, the matter did not end there.
After cutting off the biggest palm of the government reaching out to the Westeros system to kill monkeys and chickens, there was also the cleansing of the Westeros system's own power in Rivne Oblast.
Early in the morning on January 11th.
West of the city of Rivny, in a residential house with a separate courtyard, this is the Besonoskov family who just moved to the city of Rivny at the end of last year.
Eve Besonoskova accompanied the two girls to return before Christmas last year. She originally wanted her parents to move here from Kiev. After paying a salary in advance, Eve claimed to her parents that it was a reward for this business trip. After some discussions with her family, she purchased this property not far from the UMFS family community. The family all moved over after Christmas.
The main reason is because there are many job opportunities in Livni.
After the New Year, both his father and brother successfully entered the factory owned by Alderk. Eve, who was actually very thin-skinned, took the initiative to make a thank-you call to Sergey Komorov for this. When looking for a job, he didn't rely on the idea of his relationship with a certain man, so he didn't expect things to go so smoothly.
Eve didn't know that her other identity had been notified to Livni after it was confirmed. She herself became the head of the security service team of the villa in the south of the city. After returning, she was equipped with an additional car and a mobile phone. These are not owned by anyone in the city of Livni. None of the six girls in the villa in the south of the city have their own cars and mobile phones.
Because it was a working day, the Besonoskov family got up very early.
Eve has her own room in the villa in the south of the city, and there is another apartment nearby. However, when she is not on duty, she still prefers to go home and live.
Before eight o'clock, the family sat at the dining table.
Helping the little sister Lyudmila, who was called out in a daze, served a bowl of rice, and thoughtfully helped her set up the tableware. Eve listened quietly to her parents discussing her brother's marriage, feeling very satisfied.
My brother Vladimir had a very stable girlfriend when he was in Kiev, but because he has never had a job, the woman's family has always disagreed with the marriage of the two. Now things have finally turned around. The girl will also move from Kiev to Livni in the near future. The two plan to get married in March.
Eve quietly discussed with her father in private that some of the money in her hand could also purchase a real estate for her brother, but she was rejected. The father thought that his son was lucky enough to find a job, and the rest should be his own business.
After breakfast, my father and brother first went out and rode to the building materials factory on the outskirts. There was an imported black Mercedes-Benz car parked in the courtyard. Neither father nor brother wanted Eve to send it to him. The main reason was that his father was afraid of getting the car dirty. Alexander Besonoskov had to change his clothes and shoes before taking this car a few times.
The little sister had no such concerns.
After her father and brother left, Lyudmila took her sister and asked her to drive her to school.
The 16-year-old Lyudmila had dropped out of school two years ago, and Eve knew that her sister's academic performance was not good, and she liked to play crazy.
However, when they came to Livni, the whole family unanimously approved the proposal to send their younger sister back to school.
The members of the Besonoskov family are all very tall. Although the 16-year-old Lyudmila is not as tall as her sister, she has already reached 182CM in height, but she is thin and does not have the kind of heroism of her sister, but her face is more beautiful.Because of her height, Lyudmila resisted going to school, because girls who were very mature physically and psychologically did not want to stay in the classroom with those kids.
Helplessly, he couldn't resist the unanimous decision of his parents, brothers and sisters.
Lyudmila hopes to become a model. A year ago, she was bewitched by an unreliable model agent and almost ran away from home to Poland. Fortunately, she was stopped by her father at the station. Since then, the family has treated the girl very strictly.
Looking at her sister who was on the co-pilot, and bidding farewell to her mother who was a full-time housewife, Eve drove out of her yard.
The school my sister attended is the UMFS family children's school invested and built by Simon. It officially opened on January 9th. It only provides a full set of education from kindergarten to high school for the children of UMFS family members. Anyone who is familiar with the inside story of this school knows that the'teacher strength' of this school can even be described as shocking. It is just that there are more than one hundred teachers who have held the title of university professor collected from all over Ukraine.
No matter what country or region it is, parents who have a little vision will not neglect their children's education.
Therefore, many government officials, including many government officials, have tried to send their children to this school.
Although most of them are direct children, the educational style of this private school is not laissez-faire at all. On the contrary, it is very strict. In the future, all students above junior high school are expected to undergo military training for up to one month every year. No one will be given preferential treatment because of their parents' positions. The school has also set up a strict assessment and scholarship system, which is completely based on academic performance as the standard, and there is no tolerance for students who violate school discipline.
The Mercedes-Benz car came to the vicinity of the campus in less than ten minutes.
Eve didn't drive the car directly to the door of the school.
However, seeing the passing students paying attention to the car, Lyudmila still enjoyed it very much. She pretended to organize her schoolbag and dawdled for a while, and finally turned to Eve with a smile: "Sister, can you give me some money?""
Eve looked at her sister with some spoiling in her eyes, but did not take out her wallet: "What do you want, I will buy it for you."
Lyudmila opened her mouth and said, "A classmate of mine is on her birthday today. Everyone will go to her house for a party at night. I must buy a birthday gift, right?"
Eve is not a sociable person, but she hopes that her sister can have her own circle of friends. Even if she thinks she may be lying, she hesitates and takes out her wallet from her satchel.
Eve's satchel is very ordinary, but the wallet was a gift from the two girls Ekaterina and Natalia during the last trip, and she accepted it without thinking about it.
Lyudmila saw her sister take out the Chanel wallet with the double C logo from her satchel. Little stars immediately lit up in her eyes. She leaned forward with her slender body wrapped in a down jacket, holding Eve's arm with her little hand: "Sister, can you give me this wallet?""
Eve was puzzled: "Hmm?"
Seeing her sister's expression like this, Lyudmila probably understood, her eyes turned, and she immediately took out her empty wallet from her schoolbag: "Sister, I'll change it with you."
Seeing her sister handing over her wallet, Eve didn't think much about it. She just took out the documents and banknotes in her wallet, put them in the ordinary wallet handed over by her sister, and handed the pink Chanel to the other party.
"There is still money, money."
Lyudmila took her wallet, held it in her hand and touched it, then remembered it again, and quickly reached out again.
There are not many banknotes in Eve's wallet, a few large amounts of Ukrainian hryvnia, and about one hundred dollars in change notes.
In the current Livni, because the salaries of UFMS mercenaries are directly settled in U.S. dollars, the U.S. dollar is much more common than the hryvnia, and everyone doesn't like the local currency that has been depreciating, so there are even various discounts for shopping in U.S. dollars.
Lyudmila's eyes were very sharp, and she collected all the dollar bills in her sister's hand in three or two clicks. The Hryvnia didn't move at all, pretending to be cute and grinning, she was about to push the door and get out of the car, but Eve grabbed it.
Looking at her younger sister who was holding the wallet on her chest like a kitten protecting food, Eve of course didn't mean to compete. She just took off the furry white leather hat on Lyudmila's head, replaced it with her knitted hat, and explained in a low voice: "You are going to school. Don't wear this hat in the future.Also, don't spend money indiscriminately."
Lyudmila nodded her head again and again, like a good baby, waiting for her sister to let go of herself, quickly got out of the car, and finally waved to Eve and ran towards the school gate.
Eve kept watching her sister enter the school gate before restarting the car.
As soon as she turned around and planned to go to the villa in the south of the city, her mobile phone rang, stopped again, picked up the mobile phone, and listened to a few words eagerly over there. Eve confessed, hung up the phone quickly, and hurriedly started the car all the way away.
Arriving at the villa in the south of the city, the two groups of people here were facing each other at the entrance of the villa.
The female bodyguard on duty saw Eve's car coming, and immediately walked over and pointed to some men and women standing at the gate of the villa: "It's them, they want to take the three of Annika."
As the two of them were talking, another black Mercedes-Benz of the same model as Eve arrived.
It was Celia Miller who got out of the car this time.
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