Scarlet over the Kremlin: Post-Cold War Timeline.

I could see Alexandrov as being an admirer of Gorbachev somewhat, not agreeing with everything he did, but respecting his foreign policy decisions. Hope Gorbachev survives this somehow. I can see Zyuganov needing him.
 
I could see Alexandrov as being an admirer of Gorbachev somewhat, not agreeing with everything he did, but respecting his foreign policy decisions. Hope Gorbachev survives this somehow. I can see Zyuganov needing him.
Yeah, we will see more of Gorbachev, I might be getting ahead but I'm already planning what will happen in Ukraine during 1999 elections.
 
Chaos at Middle East; part 2.

Iranian soldiers were advancing through Iraq and were close to taking control of the city of Basra with the support of several shia militias, but everyone in the world was stressed about the situation developing in the arab nation. If Iraq fell into Iranian hands, the control of the oil in the region would be totally theirs and that was something that president Clinton couldn't risk.
Believing that the "pro-democratic" forces were numerous, the american president decided to send military equipment to them, the reality was different.

All the Iraqi Civil War was plotted by the Russian and Iranian governments, there were many reasons but the main one was the economy. Russia was weak and the economy was in shambles, if Zyuganov wanted to stay in power he would need to restore the economy to a decent state and killing the unemployment too.
Weaponry production and oil were some of the most important ways to recover the economy, at least in the eyes of the communist government but if they wanted to sell more weapons, they had to create some tensions in other countries.

The president had already started a project to reduce the costs of maintaining the huge nuclear arsenal and the only viable way of doing that was reducing it, he was already planning another round of nuclear arsenal reduction but if he wanted to convince Bill Clinton about his intentions, he would need someone able to be trusted by the West and the only man that was already appreciated in the West was the former soviet president; Mikhail Gorbachev.

Zyuganov knew that a divided front would lose support and that was the reason that made him meet with the former soviet officials involved in the 1991 coup, if he could repair the relations between hardliners and moderates he would have a strong faction able to keep the power away from people like Vladimir Zhirinovsky, while Zyuganov and his cabinet hated Yeltsin; they preferred him over Zhirinovsky and his ultranationalist rhetoric.

The collapse of Hussein's regime was planned by Russia and Iran but the ones who were used to execute it were no more than kurdish forces fighting for independence, shia muslims tired of oppression and radical islamists angry at the United States; but there was a smaller faction, the "pro-democracy faction".
While their name suggested that they were fighters of democracy it was only a facade, like 40% of their members were truly devoted to the democratic cause, the movement was plagued by radicals or shias wishing revenge against the government in Baghdad.

Meanwhile in Moscow.


- Gentlemen, we are here because all of us most work towards improving Russia, I do not care about the past activities of anyone in this room, some of you were involved in the coup that tried to depose the man at my side, while you made reforms that slowly killed our country. - While Zyuganov said the last sentence, he turned towards Gorbachev.

- Are you expecting us to work together?, he is the one who caused the collapse of our glorious Motherland! - said Kryuchkov.

There were tensions and resentment, after all, the coup in 1991 caused many things and one of them was the collapse of the Soviet Union but Zyuganov felt that it was fault of Gorbachev too, after all, if he had reformed faster the country perhaps everything would be different, but it wasn't time to think about the past, there were several issues that had to be dealt with.

- As you already know, our government is unofficially supporting the kurdish forces in the northern parts of Iraq and the "pro-democratic" forces too. However, there are two battles that can decide who wins the civil war, while the kurds are fighting at Kirkuk, there are soldiers approaching to Baghdad and the bad news are that those soldiers are some of the few conforming the democratic movement. If Baghdad falls to them, United States will surely intervene to stop Iran and we can't allow that, we need the region to be unstable and the americans to embargo Iran, that's the only way for us to start getting profit from our oil.

- We understand that, but there's something we don't, why is he in this room? After all, his policies are soft and I bet he can't even tolerate this kind of tactics. - Dmitry Yazov said.

- Comrade Yazov, first, I need to explain one of the projects my government is currently working on, the reduction of our nuclear arsenal. I know some of you will be against it, if not all, but the Cold War left us a lesson, neither us or the americans are willing to send this world back to the Stone Age, if we keep this spending our economy won't be able to revitalize, this is something that I'm carrying on with or without your support.

When Zyuganov said that, almost everyone in the room was caught off-guard, Gorbachev was impressed and he gladly accepted those ideas but if he learned something from the communists, that was that they couldn't be trust, at least not totally.

- I think everyone in this room agrees that Alexander Lebed is a risk to this administration, to our government and the communist party, that's why we have been searching for an adequate replacement - when he said this, Yazov's eyes changed in an unique way, it was evident that he thought that Zyuganov was offering him Lebed's place in the government - the option I thought is Valentin Varennikov but, comrade Yazov, you will eventually have a place in the cabinet too.

- Are you saying that, we will all have some power in the new Russia? - Valentin Pavlov asked.

There were several issues that needed more planning, right now the most important were dealing with Iraq and the growing tensions in the Balkans, provoked by the nationalist rhetoric of Slobodan Milosevic. Something that gave Zyuganov a bit of harmony was the fact that America was going through an electoral process, if he was able to stir up some chaos against Clinton, perhaps Powell would be able to win the elections but most importantly was the state of the economy, while oil was slowly rising, Zyuganov knew that he had to force more chaos at Middle East and Alexandrov's plans for Syria were more than adequate.

Zyuganov had to prepare for the visit of Belarus president, Aleksandr Lukashenko, he wanted to invite the ukrainian president too but the situation between the two countries wasn't favorable yet, but it would eventually turn favorable, with weapon production back and the oil price slowly rising, it was obvious that Russia would be able to recover.
But he was unsure about his idea of trusting the former members of the coup or even trusting Gorbachev, by now, his only allies were Lukyanov and Alexandrov.

Meanwhile, in Belgrade.


- President Milosevic, I'm glad that you were able to meet me today, I have important news, Russia is willing to give aid to Yugoslavia and not only that; we are going to send some anti-air equipment in the following weeks.

- Yugoslavia and Russia have to be together in this new age, this age that started with the collapse of the Soviet Union, this age that will be decided and influenced by the americans; at least, until we are able to fight them once again.

I want to apologize for taking so much time in updating this thread, I have been very busy with irl issues, I will try to slowly get back to the activity I used to have, perhaps in December I can start writing again. Another thing, I'll try to avoid dealing with american elections, I don't feel prepared to narrate those kind of things. Thanks for your time!
 
I want to apologize, I have been busy writing an alternative history in Spanish dealing with nazi victory in WW2 and school, but as I said, I will try to get back.

Good to see you, Dr!

Geez, things are escalating
I say the same!
Oh yes, with Russia backing Milosevic we can expect some madness at the Balkans.

Excellent update, take as much time as you need.
Thanks, I hope you enjoyed it.
 
Chaos at Middle East; part 3.

*Meeting between Alexander Lukashenko and Gennady Zyuganov*


- President Zyuganov, it's great to be here, I must say that I was quite impressed by the Victory Parade earlier in the month. It was marvelous, I almost fell that we were all back to the glorious Soviet Union, I'm quite intrigued, what was the important issue that gathered us today? - Lukashenko said, but behind that mask he already knew the reason, it was quite probable that Zyuganov would suggest a deal to bring closer both countries; Belarus and Russia.

The collapse of the Soviet Union was undesirable for many people, after all, the dissolution left many countries as coins waiting to be grabbed by an ambitious pedestrian. It was hard to accept it, but that was the truth in 1996. However, not everything was critical, there was a chance to restore the Soviet Union or at least something a bit similar to it, the economy in post-soviet countries was weak and Zyuganov hoped to restore the russian one.
If the Communist Party managed to free the country from the economic crisis they would start regaining popularity in the former republics, the most important were Belarus and Ukraine.


- I will be honest, both of us know the truth. Capitalism will only weaken our countries and at the same time, the old economic doctrines, will only continue weakening us. China did something impressive and I believe we must follow their path, after all, the New Economic Policy was the precursor of their reforms. Belarus and Russia share the same concern, we must unite if we desire to prevail in this new world.

Zyuganov knew that he had to be careful, Lukashenko wouldn't willingly surrender his power and submit to Moscow, the first steps to reforming the Union were clear, closer relations between the two countries along economic cooperation.
People saw Belarus as the last bastion of communism, even if it wasn't at all, Lukashenko would need to implement reforms in the country to gain confidence from Western investors; something that Zyuganov wanted to get.

- I understand this, but, what kind of Union would be created?, would the Soviet Union be back? - Lukashenko asked, he was interested in keeping the power he had, but a new Soviet Union could give him the chance to take the lead of it.

- We must move slowly, however, the new Union shall be something innovative, after all, we are close to a new age, aren't we?

Zyuganov had in mind a centralized union but at the same time with some autonomy for the republics, mainly in issues related to the army. He knew that a centralized economy wasn't the best idea, something between that and free market would be the solution.
But he had no more time to plan the future Union, right now the only thing that mattered was getting Lukashenko on board, after him, he could deal with Ukraine.

Meanwhile in Baghdad.

Bullets were flying all over the city, explosions demolished buildings in seconds, buildings that took months to be built.
Blood was spilled in the streets, corpses were lying all over the city, the battle was ferocious, several radical islamists were fighting against the "pro-democracy" forces, everyone knew that the future of Iraq would be decided in that battle, however, the iranian and russian forces behind the shadows had already plans of their own.

United States was supporting the democratic faction in an attempt to gain a new ally in the region, however, the movement was plagued by enemies of democracy and that wasn't the last of it; several members of Hussein's government were openly joining the radical islamists, they saw it as a crusade against America and their values, but they were trying to stop the Shia militias too, after all, they were "iranian agitators".

The main battle was between the radicals and the democratic fighters, but the Shia militias were already waiting to jump against the winner of the fight. It would be a hard task, after all, the radicals had tanks and heavy equipment, however, they had a disadvantage too, american bombers were hunting them in a clear attempt to support their "unofficial" allies.
And soon, new forces began to fly over the skies of Baghdad, the iranian air forces began a raid against the supply depots of the democratic faction.

President Clinton condemned the iranian actions, however, there weren't many options left, they couldn't get embroiled in a war no one cared about in the election year.
But the effects of the iraqi civil war were noticeable, the oil prices rose steadily, allowing the russians to continue funding some reforms and stabilizing the country, meanwhile, Iran was seen negatively by many countries, it eventually prompted Saudi Arabia to increase their military budget.

Moscow, 28/05/1996.


Mikhail Gobarchev knew he was now a propaganda tool for the new communist government in Moscow, however, he gladly accepted that role, after all, it gave it some prominence again and an opportunity to "redeem" himself. He felt that he failed his country, but Zyuganov promised changes, the future was him or at least that was what Gorbachev thought.
The president asked him to do something easy, travel to the United Kingdom or the United States to speak favorably of the new regime, Zyuganov had to calm down the world; they were afraid of a new Cold War.

West loved Gorbachev, after all, he was the man who tried to bring reforms in the Soviet system, and he managed to do some, he won sympathy when the 1991 coup occurred, however, Yeltsin stole it but now...Boris Yeltsin was anything more than a fallen tyrant for everyone, while Gorbachev regained some popularity.
And now, his ideas were needed, he was glad to reduce the nuclear arsenal of the nation, he wanted to avoid the Doomsday, it would be his legacy, his gift to the world.

- Well, everything is arranged. - Gorbachev heard.
 
I hope you enjoyed the update, I'm currently reading some books, I want to make this TL better.
Someone knows some goods books about post-soviet Russia, Iran, Yugoslavia and Iraq?

Thanks!

It lives! Huzzah! Excelsior!

I'm glad to read this, I finished my WW2 project, I will try to be back in here.
What do you think of the update?


It's good to be back, what do you think of the update?
 
The Middle East, or Iraq at least, is in chaos. Wonder how Zyuganov will work with Israel.

Well, I expect kurdish uprisings in Syria or something similar, however, I must read a bit more about the situation of Syria, after all, Iraq was quite weakened after the wars it fought.

Israel will be interesting, recently I caught up some curiosity about the country, I expect them to remain firmly in the american camp, however, chaos will eventually grow in Middle East.
 
I hope you enjoyed the update, I'm currently reading some books, I want to make this TL better.
Someone knows some goods books about post-soviet Russia, Iran, Yugoslavia and Iraq?

Thanks!



I'm glad to read this, I finished my WW2 project, I will try to be back in here.
What do you think of the update?

I loved the update. I wonder how big this renewed Soviet Union can get.

In regards to books on those countries, I encourage you to read The Last Empire. It covers the economic and social chaos of the early 1990s in the Soviet Union/Russia.
 
I just found this TL a few days ago. Very well written.

I am both frightened by, and can sympathize with Mr. Zyuganov's desire to rebuild the USSR. A sign of intelligent writing.
 
I just found this TL a few days ago. Very well written.

I am both frightened by, and can sympathize with Mr. Zyuganov's desire to rebuild the USSR. A sign of intelligent writing.

Thanks, glad to have one more reader.

Yeah, his plans can be quite scary but it's easy to understand him. The most complex part of his plot is the coalition he made, hardline communists will probably desire more power in the new regime.

I hope you continue to enjoy it.
 
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