Why were Nikolai Voznesensky and Mikhail Rodionov sentenced to death? Economic aspects of the “Leningrad affair” (part 1)

The article considers the economic aspects of the “Leningrad affair" and analyzes such accusations against the defendants as unreasonably inflated requests from the Leningrad leadership to the Soviet government for the allocation of financial and material resources. In addition, the accusations of the chairman of the USSR's State Planning Committee Nikolai Voznesensky in patronizing the interests of the leaders of Leningrad, promoting their economic needs in the government.