matter was loud: and several currency traders were convicted, the most seasoned one, who was yan rokotov he was in west berlin on a visit, he learned from journalists and from people with whom i talked that there is a very large-scale black market in moscow, and that they were interested, they just asked him about this rokotov and he was... outraged by the fact that that in general there are some people who break laws and who are known in the west, when he returned to moscow, he demanded that their punishment be toughened, they were given a term of 15 years, but this also seemed insufficient to khrushchev, some workers with some kind of factory supposedly, well, we know how everything is this was done, that is, they wrote a letter , which he voiced at... in some regular plenum, and it was replicated in the party newspapers, they were outraged that how could it be that there are people who disgrace socialism, the country, everything -they are 15 years old, they need to be shot, and he demanded what was applied, capital punishment, this trio had resistance from lawyers, because that’s not

, but several currency traders were convicted , the most seasoned one, who was yan rokotov, they... werelin on a visit, he learned from journalists and from people, with whom i communicated that there is a very large-scale black market in moscow, and that they were interested, they just asked him about this rokotov and he was outraged by the fact that in general there are some people who break the laws, like... whom know in the west, when he returned to moscow, he demanded that they they toughened the punishment, they were given a term of 15 years , but even this seemed insufficient to khrushchev, some workers from some factory supposedly, well , we know how all this was done, that is , they wrote a letter, which he voiced at some regular plenum, and this was replicated in party newspapers, they were outraged that... how can this be, there are people who disgrace socialism, the country, they are only 15 years old, they must be shot, and he demanded that capital punishment was applied , this trio resisted on the part of lawyers, because that’s not how it’s done , well, let’s say you’re cr

is the rokototov case, several currency traders, the most experienced, were convicted who was yan rokotovwhen he was in west berlin on a visit, he learned from journalists and from people with whom i talked that there is a very large-scale black market in moscow and that they were interested in him, they asked about this rokotov and he was indignant at that , that in general there are some people who break laws and who are known in the west, when he returned to moscow, he demanded that they... have their punishment toughened, they were given a term of 15 years, but even this seemed insufficient to khrushchev , some workers from some factory, supposedly , well, we... how all this was done, that is , they wrote a letter, which he voiced at some regular plenum, and it was replicated in the party newspapers , they were outraged that how could this be, there are people who disgrace socialism, the country, they are only 15 years old, they need to be shot, and he demanded what was applied, capital punishment, to this trio there was resistance from lawyers, because that’s not how things are done,

before finishing with this topic, explain why i don’t consider currency traders to be traders, the rokotovcy from foreigners and then resold it , there is one nuance here of course very significant, it must be clarified that the official rate. the ruble to dollar was set by the state and it had nothing to do with the real situation, that is , then in the fifties and sixties the dollar exchange rate fluctuated there from 65 to 90 kopecks, while on the black market the dollar was much more expensive, that is, i don’t know , how much it cost in the fifties, sixties, seventies, but i just remember when i started working as a journalist... in the mid -eighties, a dollar cost 4 rubles on the black market, then 5 rubles. towards the end of existence soviet union, it already reached the price on the black market of 10-15 rubles. the official exchange rate was still less than the ruble, so naturally foreigners were very tempted to sell currency in order to be able to buy something for rubles, to sell currency on the black market. this is what the currency traders did. another thing is that why the