Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth-Chapter 886 - 844 Proactive Attack

The dinner tonight was even more lavish than usual.

Although there weren’t many dishes, they were all "gourmet" selections, such as Osetra Caviar, Romanee Conti red wine, and so on. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

It was apparent that some thought had been put into it.

This level of treatment was something Wang Ye had never experienced before.

In the past, when he came over to dine, the food was exquisite, but the ingredients were relatively ordinary.

Things like Mashed Potatoes, Grilled Steak, red beet soup, salad, and so forth.

Even if there were Caviar and red wine, they were just ordinary products, nothing as expensive as today’s.

Wang Ye could only sigh inwardly, "Judging a guest by the meal served" seemed to be a universal custom, not just in his own country!

Facing Puding’s enthusiasm, Wang Ye certainly wouldn’t resist. After all, he joked to himself, hadn’t he made all those efforts just for this day...

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"By the way, Misha, now that you are heading both the Economic Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee, do you have any new thoughts on the country’s economic and diplomatic aspects for the upcoming period?"

Puding asked casually during the meal.

With their status, even mealtime conversations for them were usually about these "grandiose" topics that seemed somewhat abstract to ordinary people.

But there was no helping it; this was indeed their job.

Ordinary people discussing these matters might be laughed at for being all talk and no action.

But for Wang Ye and Puding, the things they mentioned casually could very likely be implemented and go on to influence and change the direction of the country’s, and even the world’s development!

Wang Ye put down the cutlery in his hands, thought for a moment, and then replied:

"On the economic aspect, let’s continue with the policy from the past two years. There will be some modifications and supplements in the details, but the overall direction will remain the same.

As for diplomacy, indeed, we need to spend more effort on it.

Remember, the enemy is already at our doorstep..."

Wang Ye’s last statement was quite meaningful, but both Puding and Gavriil understood what he meant.

It was the end of April, and just last month, during the height of the Duma election tensions, North Y expanded eastward again!

What’s more, this time the expansion swallowed up seven states at once!

And included among them were the so-called "Three Baltic Fools."

These three states, after all, bordered Russia or Belarus, just as Wang Ye had said, right at the doorstep!

Gavriil sighed heavily and said:

"This is just as you predicted before, Misha! It happened!

Last month, with your elections happening at the Duma, we did not bother you.

However, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already protested, expressing our dissatisfaction..."

Wang Ye smiled bitterly, "Do protests do any good? Didn’t those countries still join North Y?"

Both Gavriil and Puding were left speechless.

Indeed, Wang Ye had warned them about this possibility two years ago.

At that time, they were skeptical and thought it was unlikely to happen. After all, Russia was still in its "honeymoon period" with Europe and the United States.

Moreover, at the time of the Former Soviet Breakdown, North Y had promised Russia that they wouldn’t expand eastward anymore.

Even in the nineties, when the other side expanded stealthily once, it was only three countries joining, and none bordered Russia.

Plus, with the internal chaos in Russia at the time, there was no time to worry about such "trivial matters."

But this time was different!

Just as Wang Ye said, "The enemy is already at the doorstep."

"So, Misha, what do you think we should do? The accession of these seven nations is a fait accompli. Aside from expressing dissatisfaction and protesting, what else can we do? But we also can’t just sit idly by; otherwise, our situation will become even more difficult in the future," Puding said with a sense of resignation.

The timing chosen by the other side was indeed very precise.

This year, Russia was facing the Duma turnover and immediately following that, the General Election for the president. There wasn’t much energy to spare for external affairs.

So they took swift action, completing the expansion in reality, without even a prior notice to Russia!

Clearly, even Puding, usually decisive and composed, was a bit thrown off balance this time.

After all, he had only been in office for a few years, and domestic affairs were not entirely settled, so handling such tricky international issues was naturally challenging.

Besides, Russia itself had just emerged from chaos; it had "inherited" a part of the Former Soviet’s strength and international status, but not in its entirety.

Therefore, Russia was still figuring out its exact place and role on the international stage.

Perhaps, other countries were also in a phase of testing the waters when it came to dealing with Russia, with many unsure of how to classify it.

On one hand, the profound impression left by the red giant during the Former Soviet Era was still vivid in everyone’s memory.

On the other hand, the relatively poor national strength and languishing economy hardly qualified as a Major Power...

Especially since the turn of the twenty-first century, when a major incident at the United States shifted their focus to the Middle East, pursuing their anti-terrorist campaign.

They no longer had the energy to pay attention to other directions.

As for North Y’s eastward expansion, that was a result of inertia; there was definitely a message aimed at Russia, but it hadn’t reached the point of a complete fallout.