«No 20 : 2 July 1971» The case was heard in the Leningrad City Court [1] from 11-20 May 1971. The nine accused, and the charges (RSFSR Criminal Code) against them were: Articles 17 ("complicity"), 64-a ("Betrayal of the Motherland"), 70-1 & 72 and 189-1 ("concealing a crime") Gilya Izrailevich BUTMAN (39), engineer: Articles 17, … Continue reading Leningrad Trial, the “Aeroplane Affair”, 1971 (20.1)