epizootics with a view to weakening the Soviet state—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from eight to 15 years, with confiscation of property, or death, with confiscation of property.
Article 69. Wrecking
An act of commission or omission aimed at undermining industry, transportation, agriculture, the monetary system, trade, or other branches of the national economy, or the activity of state organs or social organizations for the purpose of weakening the Soviet state, provided such act was committed by means of utilizing state or public institutions, enterprises, or organizations, or by means of obstructing their normal functioning—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from eight to 15 years, with confiscation of property.
Article 70. Anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda
Agitation or propaganda carried on with the purpose of undermining or weakening the Soviet state, or the commission of individual crimes against the state which are especially dangerous, or the dissemination of libelous fabrications defaming the Soviet governmental and social system, or the dissemination or production or keeping of literature of similar content for the same purposes—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from six months to seven years, or exile for a period of from two to five years.
The same acts committed by a person previously convicted of especially dangerous crimes against the state, or committed during times of war— shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from three to ten years.
Article 71. The propagandizing of war
The propagandizing of war, irrespective of the form in which it is carried on—
- shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period of from three to eight years.
Article 72. Organizational activity aimed at the commission of especially dangerous crimes against the state; and membership in an anti-Soviet organization.
An organisational activity aimed at the preparation or commission of especially dangerous crimes against the state, at the creation of
