Meshkov, the "old friend" of Wang Ye!
Back when Wang Ye was a no-one, during his first visit to Crimea, Meshkov treated him with great respect.
It was for the sake of Wang Ye's "uncle", Khodorkovsky, and because Meshkov hoped that he could extract some benefits from this wealthy man.
At the time, even though Meshkov was the president of the Crimea Peninsula, he was quite desolate.
He was being targeted by the local council, his orders couldn't be executed, and everything he wanted to do was rejected by the council.
His job as the president was to argue and quarrel with the council every day...
And he was under a great deal of pressure from the upcoming elections, without even any election funds, it seemed that he would have to step down soon.
However, Meshkov met his "benefactor", Wang Ye...
