Reborn Russia As An Oligarch

Standing by the small podium, Dania took a deep breath and adjusted her mood.

This was her first time speaking on such an occasion, especially since the people sitting on the stage were all distinguished members of the Duma...

But she didn't have stage fright. The bigger the occasion, the calmer she became, and even a little excited.

Maybe this is also natural, born for big scenes...

First, she turned around and bowed to the four speakers on the rostrum, and then bowed to the MPs in the audience. Then Dania began her story.

As a representative of the joint working group, the main content of her talk today is naturally why she initiated the removal of Luzhkov, what are the specific reasons, and the necessity of this removal procedure.

Regarding Luzhkov's alleged crimes, Dania did not make it too clear. She only mentioned "corruption and party-based selfishness", which completely failed the voters' trust and expectations of him!

Then she told in detail that under the leadership of Luzhkov, Moscow's development in these years seemed not slow on the surface, but in fact it was seriously inconsistent with the resource tilt given to Moscow by the country!

In other words, Moscow's development should have been much better than it is now!

Therefore, Luzhkov's re-election as governor in recent years has not only failed to achieve any real political achievements, but has actually hindered the development of Moscow...

This is not a digression, but her joint working group, although it was established based on several letters of complaint.

But when it was established, the powers and responsibilities that Wang Ye gave to this joint group were not limited to corruption investigations, but also included due diligence on the entire Moscow State bureaucracy. Otherwise, there would be no need to bring in so many departments to form a joint group.

The Duma also has the responsibility to supervise the work of government departments.

The state government is also part of the government agency...

Of course, the reason why Dania talked so much about how Luzhkov hindered the development of Moscow State was just to win the support of the MPs in the audience.

At the same time, she also knew very well that her speech was just a formality, and it was almost impossible to affect the voting results, because the real voting results might have been determined before the meeting started!

The battle in the audience should have already decided the winner. Today's vote is just to show the results.

I just don’t know if my boss is really sure or if he doesn’t care about the outcome at all.

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After Dania spoke, Gryzlov did not waste time. He turned sideways and whispered to the deputy speakers Wang Ye. If the deputy speakers had nothing to add, they would start voting immediately. Anyway, he himself There is nothing more to say.

Before Wang Ye could speak, Konov said first: "I have a suggestion. In order for all members to treat this vote carefully, we will vote by seat area. The first district will vote first, and the results will be tallied. Then start the second area, the third area, the fourth area..."

In fact, Konov’s original intention was to vote separately by faction!

Because there are four major areas in the Duma hall. The first area is all members of the Klaviko group, the second area is all members of the Wang Ye faction, and the third area is naturally the members of Zhirinov's faction. .

The Moscow faction and the remaining members of the small factions sit in the seats in the fourth district!

Therefore, after hearing Konov's suggestion, Gryzlov was obviously stunned for a moment, and then his face turned gloomy.

Obviously, he roughly guessed why Konov would make such a proposal.

Obviously this guy has taken care of some of the members of the Klaviko Group. Now he lets the members of the Klaviko Group vote first because he wants everyone to see clearly. He is also making a fool of himself!

Gryzlov also knew about the fact that Konov approached the core members of his faction yesterday, but he did not go to ask those members privately what they had discussed with Konov.

Because you don’t need to ask, you know what was discussed, but you can’t ask whether those congressmen reached any agreement with Konov!

After all, this matter has nothing to do with the Shilavik Group. It is just a struggle between Mikhail and the Moscow faction.

Even if I have a good personal relationship with Mikhail, I can only support him personally, and I cannot let all members of the faction follow me to support Mikhail.

After all, the power of the Shilavik Group is huge, but the factions are also very complicated. No one can fully control this huge power. Even the current Kremlin is just a representative of this interest group...

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Gryzlov looked at Wang Ye, wanting him to express his thoughts on whether he agreed with Konov's proposal.

Wang Ye looked calm, nodded slightly and said, "I have no objection."

Zhirinov frowned and said nothing.

Since Wang Ye didn't object, Gryzlov had no reason to object, so he had no choice but to nod and said to Konov: "Then do as you say!"

Banging the gavel in his hand again, Gryzlov solemnly announced the voting rules and reminded the members in the audience to be careful with the votes in their hands!

“Now, members of the first district, please cast your votes!”

With Gryzlov's loud announcement, everyone in the hall focused their attention on the members of the first district.

There is obviously no fool who can sit in this hall.

It is almost an "open secret" that Konov has done something behind his back, and most of the congressmen have already heard about it.

Everyone is also curious about what price the Moscow faction will pay this time to "buy" the votes of the Kravko Group MPs.

Moreover, will these Kravko Group MPs turn around and support Luzhkov, his old enemy, for the benefits promised by Konov?

In fact, before every Duma vote, there will be a "lobbying" link. It is nothing more than interested parties going to various influential senior members in private to exchange their interests for the votes they hold.

This is nothing new.

This time was no exception, and Konov was able to move around in advance.

It's just because this matter is relatively important and involves Mikhail and Luzhkov, two top political figures!

That's why he seems so sensitive...

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The members of the Shilawik group sitting in the first area looked at each other a little bit. They did not expect that today's voting rules would be like this.

But there is no precedent for recalling a governor, so changing the voting rules is nothing.

Since Gryzlov has announced this, he can only vote like this, and no further changes are possible.

Because this kind of voting is a real-name voting system, that is, voting machines are not allowed. Instead, those who approve directly raise their hands, and then the clerk will record all the votes.

To be honest, it is quite difficult to make a public choice when so many people are watching.

Especially since the Shilavik Group and the Moscow faction have always been sworn enemies in the past...

"Members who support the removal of Governor Luzhkov from office, please raise your hands!" the clerk reminded.

Councilors from the first district looked at me and me, with inquiries in their eyes. Obviously no one wanted to take the lead.

"Those who agree, please raise your hands!" the secretary reminded again.

Finally, the first person raised his hand, then the second, the third...

Raising your hands means supporting the removal of Luzhkov!

There is no need for statistics. Just take a casual look and you can see that the number of congressmen who raised their hands is not that many, it can even be said to be very few!

The conference hall suddenly became a little noisy, and the MPs from the other three areas started whispering when they saw the scene in the first area.

You know, the Shilavik Group is the largest faction in the Duma, with 155 seats!

Now, roughly counting, there are no more than fifteen members of Congress raising their hands!

Isn’t it true that more than 140 members of parliament opposed the removal of Luzhkov?

According to the rules, as long as the number of opposing members reaches 180, the recall process will be terminated and declared a failure!

And the Moscow faction still has 60 seats and has not yet started voting. With these 60 votes, wouldn't it mean that the number of opponents has reached more than 200...

Many members turned their attention to the rostrum, and the four speakers had different expressions on their faces.

Gryzlov's face was ashen. Before the vote, he knew that some members would choose to oppose the removal of Luzhkov from his post, because Konov did a lot of work yesterday and should have promised a lot of benefits.

But he never expected that so many members of his faction would make such a choice!

This nature is different!

Because more than 140 people chose to oppose the removal of Luzhkov, this basically announced the result of today's vote. The Moscow faction won!

Mikhail's failure is a small matter, but his faction's embarrassment is a big deal!

It is estimated that after today, not only Mikhail will bear the consequences of the failure of the vote, but even his own faction will become a joke among everyone.

For a little benefit, so many congressmen openly "change sides" and defend their old enemy Luzhkov to the death. What kind of thing is this...

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Konov couldn't help but smile.

His efforts were not in vain!

Luzhkov’s money was not in vain...

The reason why he just proposed this voting method is to give everyone a little shock!

This is the first faction of the Duma, this is the Klaviko group, this is the old enemy of the Moscow faction.

As a result, in the face of interests, there are still so many congressmen who have made incredible choices!

One hundred and forty votes!

Coupled with his own faction's 60 votes, he can securely win today's vote.

As for the two factions of Mikhail and Zhirinov, to be honest, it doesn’t matter whether you vote or not, because it is impossible to get dozens of extra votes out of thin air!

The result is already determined, haha...

Zhirinov frowned. He was quite surprised. He obviously did not expect that so many people from the first faction would choose to defect to support Luzhkov.

He looked at Wang Ye with confusion and a hint of reproach in his eyes.

Is this kid too underestimating the enemy? Did he not prepare in advance for such an important matter?

Well now, the voting is basically over, and I wonder if he can bear the consequences of failure...

From the beginning of the meeting to now, Wang Ye's expression on his face has not changed, with a slight smile and he looks very relaxed.

Even after such a shocking scene, he still hasn't changed much.

Not to mention anything else, this magnanimity and psychological quality alone convinced many congressmen!

Because if they were Wang Ye, how could they still sit still in the face of the upcoming disastrous defeat...

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In this situation, Gryzlov couldn't say anything, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to announce that the members of the second region would start voting.

The people sitting in this area are all people from the Wang Ye faction, one hundred and fifty councilors.

Fortunately, there were no surprises. All the members of the second district raised their hands to express their support for the removal of Luzhkov!

Now the number of votes in favor is 150+15=165, while the number of votes against is 140, which is almost the same.

Then the voting began in the third area, where Zhirinov's faction members were represented.

Although not as fast as the Wang Ye faction, all the members still raised their arms to express their support for the removal of Luzhkov. This also made Zhirinov's face soften a little, because it showed that there was no " Insider"!

The Zhirinov faction had a total of 80 votes. Adding these votes, the total number of yes votes reached 245!

Temporarily getting rid of the negative votes.

But Konov's face was normal, and he was not panic at all, because the Moscow faction would vote next.

As long as these 60 negative votes are securely obtained, the voting is over!

No, you don’t need sixty votes, as long as you have forty votes, that’s enough!

To be honest, Mikhail has been too calm these past two days, so calm that it’s a bit abnormal...

So Konov wondered if he had some backup plan. Could he have bribed some members of his own faction?

It is possible!

But so what if he bought it? Could it be that he could directly buy the votes of more than half of the members...

That would be outrageous, almost impossible!

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Without leaving much time for Konov to think, Grezlov had already announced that voting would begin in the fourth region.

The members of the five small factions raised their hands first. They were moving closer to Mikhail. Even if the situation was not good for Mikhail, they had no other choice but to continue to support Mikhail. Speaker Il!

The remaining sixty members of the Moscow faction looked at me and I looked at you. Everyone's eyes were a little wandering, but no one raised their hands.

Just when Konov thought the dust had settled and he was certain to win, the situation on the field changed!

"Members who support the removal of Luzhkov, please raise your hands!"

With the last reminder from the clerk, a member of the Moscow faction suddenly raised his hand.

The congressman raised his hand as if it was a signal. The second, third...

The members of the Moscow faction raised their arms one after another!

There was an uproar!

Today's vote was full of drama, a two-level reversal!

The first faction that was supposed to support the removal of Luzhkov turned out to be mostly opposed to Luzhkov's death!

What no one expected even more was that at the most critical moment, the members of the Moscow faction chose to betray the faction collectively and abandoned the core figure of the faction - Luzhkov!

This turn of events left the three speakers sitting on the rostrum, except Wang Ye, dumbfounded!

Especially Konov, who couldn't help but stand up, with anger in his eyes, and tremblingly pointed at the MPs who raised their hands...