When people mentioned the previous master of the Kremlin, many might speak with a mocking tone, believing that during his term, Russia had fallen into chaos, the people had suffered terribly, and the oligarchs had taken the opportunity to carve up the nation's wealth.
Quite a few people even said that he had "sold" the entire country to the West!
But many people might not know that during his time in office, he had also done many things beneficial to the country.
For example, he had vigorously promoted friendly relations between Russia and China. During his term, the two sides negotiated a resolution to their historically unresolved border disputes and formally established a strategic partnership of coordination!
He had also strongly promoted the establishment of the later-famous Shanghai Cooperation Organization. This organization completely laid the foundation for friendly neighborly relations among several member states, and from then on, this region no longer saw any major frictions or disputes.
Later, it developed into comprehensive economic, diplomatic, military, and other forms of cooperation among the member states, benefiting everyone immensely.
Objectively speaking, he had both merits and faults...
Now that Deripaska was connected to him, even Wang Ye had no choice but to treat the matter cautiously.
Ever since retiring, he had kept a low profile, spent long periods vacationing elsewhere, rarely returned to Moscow, and no longer involved himself in political affairs.
That was why Wang Ye had never had an opportunity to deal with him or establish any connection with him.
After returning to his office, Wang Ye followed his usual habit and instructed Bakova to gather information on Deripaska as quickly as possible.
Only by knowing both yourself and your enemy could you win every battle. Before dealing with someone, you had to understand that person thoroughly.
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