The right to sue for the protection of the economic interests of the state belongs not only to the authorized bodies of state power and local self-government, but also to the prosecutor in the framework of his functions to monitor compliance with the rule of law. At the same time, a prerequisite for giving the prosecutor the procedural status of the plaintiff is the alleged participation of the state, subject of the state or municipality in the disputed material legal relationship. If the party to the disputed legal relationship is a body of state power, local self-government, realizing their interests as subjects of private law, the prosecutor occupies the status of a "procedural plaintiff" in the case