Following Beria's arrest, the Politburo issued a decree formally removing him from his posts as a "traitor and capitalist agent" and accused him and his co-defendants of attempting to place the MVD above the party in a bid to seize power and liquidate the Soviet regime. A Pravda editorial on 10 July repeated these charges and made a number of further accusations, claiming that Beria had caused food shortages by undermining the Soviet collective farm system, and claimed his policies of liberalization (in which a number of Russian officials in Latvia were dismissed from their posts) were meant to incite ethnic hatred and undermine the friendship of the Soviet people.
Followin.g Beria's arrest the P?olitburo issued a decree formally removing him from his posts as a "tra:itor and capitalist agent" and ac.cused him and his co-defendants of attempting to place the MVD above the party in a bid to seize power and liquidate the Soviet regime A Pravda editorial on 10 July repeated these charges and made a number of further accusations claiming that Beria had caused food shortages by undermining the Soviet collective farm system, and ,claimed his policies of liberalization (in which a number of Russian, officials in Latvia were dismissed from their posts) were me,ant to incite ethnic hatred and undermine the friendship of the Soviet people.