Fan Wubing and others did not stay in the hotel, but stayed at the contact office of Fan's Investment Group in Moscow.

In order to facilitate contact and collect important information and updates from Russia, Fan Wubing worked hard, and said hello to Putin for this matter and asked him to take care of him. Therefore, the contact office here is not large in size. In fact, in addition to his own people, there are some idle rooms used as hotels.

The residential conditions in Russia are relatively good. The liaison office covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres. In addition to a few buildings, there are special bars, restaurants and dance halls, and even an online library that integrates high-tech. The signs are indeed the China-Russia Folk Cultural Exchange Center.

With such a big place, it is natural that it is easy to arrange domestic visitors. Sometimes, some friends who have close business dealings with Fan Investment Group will come to Moscow and live here. One is convenient, and the other is that they have their own people, so they live more with confidence.

The fireplace burning in the room has long been lit. This is also a tradition in Russia. It feels quite pleasant to have a warm temperature, especially when it is snowy outside, you can stay at home to drink some soju, eat some barbecue and smoked fish, and listen to music with Russian folk style. It is very interesting.

"Xiao Fan, does your company have an office in any country?" Although Luo Lin was wearing a fur coat, she was still not very adaptable to the Russian weather. Therefore, after entering the house, everyone was busy packing things, so she moved a chair and sat down to the fireplace to roast the fire.

"Not necessarily, it's mainly because of countries with trade exchanges. Basically, there are big countries, Europe is almost all, America is the same, Africa is lacking, but there will be several branches in Africa in the future." Fan Wubing replied, then frowned and said, "Why do you call me Xiao Fan? Remember to call me brother-in-law in the future!"

Luo Lin snorted, obviously not buying it.

Fan Wubing had no temper with this cheap sister-in-law, so he asked Xing Dalin, the head of the Moscow Liaison Office, a question, "What is the situation in Russia recently?"

"The relationship is quite tense-" Xing Dalin replied.

Recently, Russian media released a set of data from the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center. More than 35% of voters support the Unified Russian Party, 16% support the Russian Communist Party, 13% of the Justice Russian Party, 11% of the Russian Freedom Party, 11% of the Yabolu Party and the Right-wing Free Alliance are both 5%. Some support rates are distributed in the hands of scattered small parties.

Xing Dalin said, "Putin personally led the Unified Russian Party to run for election, which greatly changed the nature of the campaign. This is the heaviest weight on the election scale. The party is not on the same heavyweight as other political parties. It can be seen from the data that the support rate of other parties is not low, but it is difficult to unify, otherwise there is still much potential."

After hearing this, Fan Wubing nodded. Putin's United Russian Party has just exceeded one-third of its support rate. If it weren't for the opposition that the current leader, as long as they could establish an alliance against Putin, the results of the next Duma and presidential election would have changed greatly.

There are also some party leaders with less influential powers who are completely incapable of communicating with people in simple and clear words, and there is almost no way to engage in such dialogue. They attempt to replace the role of the news media with direct actions, demonstrations and blockades, but people disagree with this and the results are not good.

"What the opposition lacks is a core force and financial support." Xing Dalin obviously did not waste his time in Moscow, and he knew the situation here very well.

However, Xing Dalin also said that some political forces opposing Putin have recently tried to revenge political oligarchs. According to data released by Russian intelligence agencies, there are currently more than 600 so-called non-governmental organizations from the West in Russia, with their activities worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

In addition, there are nearly 10,000 social organizations in Russia that have been funded by various Western funds. Some Russian financial oligarchs who fled to the West under Putin's attack also secretly funded various domestic foundations. The ultimate goal of such foundations is to change the current government and drive Putin off the throne.

From last summer and autumn to early this year, anti-Putin forces held several large-scale events in Moscow called the Russian March, and had large-scale conflicts with the police, causing chaos. The main Putin opposition also claimed that a large-scale protest will be launched in 20 Russian cities this month, when the rally rallies will slogans of Russia without Putin, and will be the largest protest in Russia in recent years.

Then Xing Dalin talked about Putin's speech at a rally of 5,000 people yesterday, and mentioned that his attitude suddenly became tougher.

After hearing this, Fan Wubing immediately smiled slightly and understood why Putin changed at this moment.

The Russian state Duma election has entered the countdown, which is the background of Putin's unprecedentedly severe condemnation of the opposition. Therefore, this speech has a strong electoral color, which contrasts with Putin's many strong diplomacy to the West since this year.

Both aim to create the image of a surrounded fortress, evoke the patriotic sentiment of the Russian people, and ensure that the party supported by the Putin government, which is once again supported by the party with the banner of safeguarding national interests, won the victory of the Duma election.

Regarding Putin's high-profile criticism of the Russian opposition for receiving funds from foreign embassies, Fan Wubing believes that Putin's move is mainly to highlight the relevance of the opposition and the West, and implying that the opposition, as a Western puppet, will not serve the interests of the Russian state and the people, but will only dance to the baton of the West.

There are many Russian political parties, but the opposition Putin refers to this time is mainly several right-wing parties, right-wing power alliances, etc. The liberal colors of these parties often remind people of the color revolutionary forces of Ukraine, Georgia and other countries. The Western support for them makes the Russian government very alert.

Putin took measures such as amending the Party Law, Election Law, and NGO Law at the beginning of his term, preventing Western forces from intervening in Russia's internal affairs and preventing the West from causing trouble by supporting agents in Russia. The power of the liberal opposition party further weakened.

Under the current circumstances, the opposition forces suddenly tend to rise again. Putin still needs to strengthen the suppression of the opposition to gain greater advantages in Russia's future political landscape.

While Xing Dalin reported to Fan Wubing about his work and introduced the news about Russia, some staff had already arranged lunch.

"I am worried that Mr. Fan and Miss Luo will not be used to the food in Russia, so I prepared two flavors, including hometown dishes and Russian folk food. I hope Mr. Fan and Miss Luo can eat well." Xing Dalin said with a smile.

Fan Wubing waved his hand and said, "I don't eat anything, Miss Luo should be the same. Thank you for your hard work."

Soon, a blonde Russian girl came over with a smile, wearing a national costume that seemed to be theirs, and came up with a plate holding a braised bread on the plate, and a small plate next to it with a small spoonful of salt in it.

Seeing this, Luo Lin didn't know what it meant. Fan Wubing had been to Russia and said to Luo Lin with a smile, "This is treating you as a VIP. Hurry up and eat it with a piece of bread and dip it in salt."

Luo Lin felt a little curious, but she still did it, which made the blonde Russian girl pursed her lips and laughed.

After eating the bread, Fan Wubing explained to her that there is such a saying in Russia: salt and bread are friendship and respect, and it is a symbol of Russian hospitality.

The specific reason should be that in Russia, salt and bread were relatively precious in history. Some information shows that salt was a priceless treasure in Russia in ancient times. When Russia held banquets and seats, there were only salt on the VIP seats, and there were not many. Those without salt were either disrespectful guests or people who were not welcomed by the host.

"Salt is the most noble thing in Russia, and people cherish it more. If someone wastes salt, even a little bit, it will definitely be despised by people." Xing Dalin added with a smile, "There is a Chinese saying that the horsepower is known from afar, and people's hearts will be seen over time. It is said that to know how a person treats you, you must know it through a long time. There is also a proverb with the same content in Russia. To know how a person treats you, you must eat a pute of salt with him. One pute is about thirty kilograms. Think about it, if you only eat a little salt at a time, how long does a pute have to eat?"

The Russian cuisine on the table was made by authentic Russians, so Fan Wubing and Luo Lin had a great time. The other party specially made red vegetable soup, vegetable salad, red sausage, mashed potatoes, fried fish, fish roe sauce and other Russian folk dishes. They drank vodka and homemade tan beer, which was really satisfying.

It was Luo Lin's first time here, so she naturally felt that everything was novel, but she noticed that Fan Wubing took some information from Xing Dalin from time to time to read it carefully, and sometimes she frowned. Obviously, it was something that upset him. The conversation between Fan Wubing and Xing Dalin that she heard inadvertently was inseparable from the current situation in Russia.
Chapter completed!