# Death sentence for "economic espionage" in Moscow

- URL: https://syn.by/en/history/archives/death-sentence-for-economic-espionage-in-moscow/
- Published: 1924-05-18T18:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T19:51:16+00:00
- Section: Archives
- Language: en
- BE edition: https://syn.by/historya/arkhivy/kara-smierci-za-ekanamichny-shpijenazh-u-maskvie.md
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/istoriya/arhivy/smyertnaya-kazn-za-ekonomichyeskiy-shpionazh-v-moskvye.md

> A Soviet court has passed a death sentence on the heads of a state industrial institution: according to the accusation, they enriched themselves at the expense of the treasury during Krasin's London negotiations.

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In Moscow, the death penalty has been imposed for "economic espionage" on the chairman and the secretary of a state industrial organization. The reason is that during Krasin's London delegation the members of this institution were pursuing their own interests, at the treasury's expense… It would be good to send our "Chjena" men to this "sanatorium" for a while…