CRIMINAL LEGAL REGULATION OF LIABILITY IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC RELATIONS IN THE FINAL PERIOD OF THE SOVIET STATE
The features of the development of criminal legislation during the years of “perestroika” (1985-1991) in the Soviet state are investigated. The article analyzes the norms of criminal laws regulating responsibility in the sphere of economic relations, scientific works on the stated topic. It is noted that in the period under review, in general, the laws reflected changes in the economy, directed towards market relations. At the same time, there was a certain confrontation between the Union legislator (USSR), who was determined to gradually liberalize economic activity, and the Russian legislator (RSFSR), who took a radical position, as a result of which legal conflicts arose.