Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1368 - 1084: The Situation is Complicated

Chapter 1368: Chapter 1084: The Situation is Complicated

The end of the year arrived, and Wang Ye became busy once again.

Although the global economic environment was not good this year, the impact on Russia was not significant, because economically, Russia’s biggest external connections are with crude oil and natural gas.

And this year, the prices of these two commodities experienced a significant surge, so the subprime crisis not only did not affect the development of the Russian economy but actually greatly enhanced its GDP this year!

The financial report from the government has been released, and for the entire year, the GDP has officially exceeded one trillion US dollars, reaching more than 1.18 trillion US dollars, ranking tenth worldwide.

First place, without a doubt, is still the United States, even though affected by the economic crisis, its GDP is still as high as 14 trillion US dollars, ten times the size of Russia...

Second is still Japan, with a large gap from the United States, only five trillion US dollars.

Third is Germany, just over three trillion, and fourth is China, also just over three trillion...

Russia has entered the trillion-dollar club for the first time, with a GDP growth rate of 23% compared to last year!

Among the top ten countries in global economic output, Russia’s growth rate ranks first!

After several years of high-speed economic growth, especially in the past three years with the GDP growth rate above 20% each year, numerous financial media have started calling it "the Russian miracle" ...

Of course, this is also a fortuitous coincidence. On one hand, it’s inseparable from Wang Ye’s control and guidance of economic policy; on the other hand, it’s also inseparable from the rocketing oil prices over these years...

Russia is a major global oil-producing country, with the price of crude oil exploding from forty US dollars per barrel to the current one hundred and twenty, a threefold increase!

Natural gas prices have also risen substantially, hence the so-called Russian miracle.

As the leading figure behind the economic miracle, Wang Ye has of course started to attract the attention of major global financial media, and many foreign media have expressed their desire to conduct exclusive interviews with him.

But without exception, they were all directly turned down by Nova.

Even the domestic media in Russia, Wang Ye rarely accepts any exclusive interviews, not to mention foreign media.

He doesn’t want to be too conspicuous, after all, "eclipsing one’s master" is not something desirable...

Although the relationship with the Kremlin can’t really be described in terms of "master" and "guest", regardless, it’s still only the Kremlin that can represent the whole country.

Speaking of the Kremlin, Wang Ye hasn’t had dinner with his father-in-law for a while.

Both are busy, not to mention Wang Ye whose schedule is always jam-packed, his time has to be allocated by the minute.

His father-in-law has also visited several countries this year, including attending some important international conferences.

Starting to make his voice heard on the international stage.

As at the European Summit in the first half of the year, he became very prominent, taking a hard stance, directly leaving the leaders from some Western European countries speechless.

Also allowing his "tough guy" image to start being recognized by the international community.

Counting time, he has just over a year left in office, by the end of next year, 2008, the General Election will begin, and father-in-law will gradually hand over his power...

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This New Year’s Day, Wang Ye still went to Petersburg, to attend the Romanov family gathering.

After all, in about half a year, he would be getting married to Rossiyana, officially becoming husband and wife, speaking of which, he is genuinely a son-in-law of the Romanov family, one of their own.

There’s not much to say about the dinner party; the key point is still the private conversation after the dinner between Constantin, Wang Ye, and Rossiyana.

It seems like it has become a tradition since last year for the three of them to discuss important matters and future planning during the rare occasions when they can get together, taking advantage of the New Year’s family gathering.

This time, the focal point of their discussion was, of course, the upcoming General Election.

Constantin is dead set on pushing his granddaughter into that position, because only by achieving that step can the Romanov family truly declare their return to glory!

And for this, he is prepared to spare no expense!

Of course, if Rossiyana really can’t make it, then it is not impossible for Wang Ye to take that seat...

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"Misha, I’ve recently discussed seriously with some staff members, and everyone still thinks that Rossiyana is not as competent as Medvedev in many aspects.

Moreover, it’s clear that the Hilarwick Group is aiming to push Medvedev to power; this can be seen from many aspects.

What worries me most is the Kremlin’s ambiguous attitude.

Recently on some key occasions, whenever he appears, he has been bringing Medvedev along, and he does not skimp on praises for Medvedev..."

Constantin spoke with profound implications, his eyes fixed firmly on Wang Ye.

He was aware of these things, as Wang Ye also knew them.

In fact, as someone also in the Moscow political arena, his feelings about it were deeper and earlier noticing the Kremlin’s attitude.

Just as Constantin said, entering the second half of the year, the trust and appreciation the Kremlin had for Medvedev seemed to rise to a new level. Normally, his father-in-law rarely praised colleagues in public, especially those from the government side.

But in the past six months, he had publicly praised Medvedev many times, even attributing the high-speed development of the national economy over the past two to three years to Medvedev’s outstanding performance!