Regarding the practice of applying article 58 of the Criminal code of the RSFSR (dedicated to the 90th anniversary of "Shakhty trial")
The subject of the study is the application of article 58 of the Criminal code of the RSFSR in relation to the accused in the case «On economic counter-revolution in the Donbass», better known as the «Shakhty case». Some reasons for expanding the interpretation of the concept of «state crime» in the Soviet legislation are considered. Provides specific charges against the defendants in the «Shakhty trial» for the violation of article 58-3, 58-7, 58-11.