Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1153 - 976 Mikhail Plan_2

Chapter 1153: Chapter 976 Mikhail Plan_2

Average monthly income per person was eighty US dollars...

Ranks well over one hundred globally, with countries of similar income including Honduras, Congo, Kiribati, and Equatorial Guinea...

It was considered one of the poorest countries in Europe.

Therefore, it wasn’t surprising that Yanukovych always thought about exchanging benefits, constantly asking Wang Ye for some economic aid; he had no other choice.

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"Actually, compared to the Collective Security Organization, I think there should be an economic cooperation organization similar to the European Union," Yanukovych sighed. "In this framework, countries would engage in duty-free trade and the wealthier countries would help the poorer ones. That’s what real brotherhood is."

Wang Ye smiled and reassured him, "All this will happen, but we have to take it step by step. As for the plan regarding the economic cooperation organization, I’m already preparing it and it might officially be proposed within this year."

Since becoming the Director of the National Economic Commission, Wang Ye had also started cramming economic knowledge and world economic history.

Merely relying on his shallow experience from his past life, he definitely couldn’t handle the current job. If he didn’t learn and improve, sooner or later he would expose his inadequacies!

The plan for the economic cooperation organization he mentioned today was conceived during his learning process.

It was mainly based on the historically famous "Molotov Plan," and Wang Ye had named his plan the "Mikhail Plan"!

For such a significant event destined to make history, Wang Ye didn’t mind making a splash once...

The Molotov Plan was a response devised during the Former Soviet Era to counter the United States’ Marshall Plan, truly a clash of titans!

The United States’ Marshall Plan was intended to revive Europe to counter the Former Soviet.

Therefore, the Former Soviet’s Molotov Plan was, of course, designed to unite the Eastern European bloc at that time to counter the United States’ "economic offensive."

The "Molotov Plan" later came to be known as the "Economic Mutual Assistance Committee" or "COMECON," including ten member countries.

The core, naturally, was the Former Soviet, with other member countries being those around Eastern Europe.

The member countries accounted for 10% of the world’s population and 25% of the National Gross Product, also making a significant international impact.

Of course, with the disintegration of the Former Soviet, COMECON also dissipated simultaneously...

Now, Wang Ye had resurrected this plan and after some revisions to better align with the current global environment, he renamed it the "Mikhail Plan" and planned to reintroduce it!

Such economic cooperation organizations are indeed very common on the global stage, with well-known ones such as the "World Trade Organization," "European Union," "ASEAN," "RECP," "G20," "North American Free Trade Area," "Asia-Pacific Economic Organization," and more!

A country can also participate in multiple such economic organizations.

Through this, one can see that international relations can sometimes resemble a girls’ dormitory, "four girls, ten WeChat groups"!

With over a hundred countries worldwide, there are countless such organizations!

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After roughly explaining his plan to Yanukovych, Wang Ye stated in an undeniable tone:

"This new economic cooperation organization must play its proper role!

For this purpose, during the initial phase, as the advocate country of the organization, Moscow will commit no less than thirty billion US dollars annually in aid funds to assist other member countries facing difficulties in developing their economies.

Once our finances become more ample, this amount will be further increased.

Every year, fifty billion, or even over a hundred billion!"

These days, to be a "big brother," one still needs to genuinely contribute something substantial.

One can’t get a wolf without giving up a child after all.

Why did the United States’ Marshall Plan succeed greatly, while the Former Soviet’s Molotov Plan failed?

It was because the United States really gave money, while the Former Soviet hesitated to spend and instead kept trying to make money off other member countries!

Wang Ye certainly intended to learn from this lesson.

Besides, this money spent was not wasteful but an investment!

If the neighboring brotherhood countries all prospered, it would inevitably bring greater returns to Moscow.

Hearing the numbers Wang Ye quoted, Yanukovych almost drooled...

Ukraine’s total GDP for 2004 was only seventy billion US dollars, and its finance revenue was even more pitiful.

According to international conventions, a country’s finance revenue usually accounts for between 20% and 30% of its national GDP. This meant that last year, Ukraine’s total finance revenue was less than twenty billion US dollars...

Now, with this "Mikhail Plan" Wang Ye has devised, it plans to invest thirty billion US dollars in economic aid in the first year alone. Given Ukraine’s size and significance, it would definitely receive the lion’s share!

Thirty billion US dollars, he should be able to take ten billion US dollars, right?

By this calculation, it equated to a fifty percent increase in national finance revenue!

With that, he’d have much more leeway. Many policies that couldn’t be implemented before could now be executed, and many projects that couldn’t be advanced could now proceed smoothly.

Thinking this, he couldn’t wait to say,

"Director Mikhail, this plan is simply... simply magnificent!

If it can be executed, it would benefit the entire region of Eastern Europe, benefiting hundreds of millions of citizens.

Such a beneficial plan, our Ukraine fully supports it with both hands!

I can now make a statement on behalf of Ukraine; we must participate in this Economic Cooperation Organization!

By the way, when do you plan to hold the preparatory meeting?"

Wang Ye smiled slightly, "Let’s set it after the Collective Security Meeting. Since all the countries will be gathered in Moscow, we can discuss it together and expedite putting this plan on the agenda."

Hearing it had progressed to this point, Yanukovych couldn’t contain his composure any longer and immediately asserted,

"That’s fantastic!

We were going to join the Collective Security Organization anyway, and I will be there in person for the meeting.

I haven’t officially visited since taking office, and it was also planned to visit Moscow, so it works out perfectly."

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Just like that, Wang Ye decisively agreed for Ukraine to participate in this Collective Security Organization meeting, where all member nations would also be present to vote on whether to allow Ukraine to join this organization.

Though the meeting hadn’t taken place yet, the outcome was obvious. There shouldn’t be any member country opposing it.

After all, Ukraine’s capabilities were not poor, and having one more member country was more beneficial than detrimental to everyone, with no reason to oppose.

After discussing matters of importance, an elated Yanukovych excitedly showed Wang Ye around Independence Square, and nearby attractions such as the Saint Sophia Cathedral.

Before the dinner started, they also held a press conference announcing a series of cooperation agreements reached between both parties.

These were outcomes of negotiations conducted by Wang Ye’s entourage, primarily representing exchanges and cooperation projects in economic and cultural areas, none too significant.

The truly heavyweight negotiation outcome, which was Ukraine’s imminent entry into the Collective Security Organization, wasn’t publicly disclosed yet.

During the dinner, Wang Ye had the opportunity to chat with Natalia for a few moments.

In her Chief Prosecutor uniform, Natalia looked striking and assertive, her blue eyes filled with tenderness.

In front of Wang Ye, she was nothing like she was in the office.

However, in the presence of so many people, they could only embrace lightly and had a brief, warm conversation.

As Wang Ye was the center of attention at the banquet hall, many were lined up waiting to shake his hand and exchange a few words, so he didn’t speak much with Natalia.

But just before turning to leave, he whispered, "Come find me at the hotel later."

Natalia nodded slightly, her face flushing as she affirmed she remembered.

Wang Ye’s accommodation was certainly not a usual hotel but a place reserved for hosting important guests, and Natalia, being one of the top figures in Kiev, could find him without asking.

As for whether Yanukovych and Yulia would find out about her visit, he left that to their discretion.

After all, Natalia wasn’t about to miss out on a wonderful night...