RUSSIA: MOSCOW: PROSTITUTION IS BOOMING

Russian/Nat In Russia’s new free market prostitution is booming. Moscow’s streets are packed with scantily-clad hookers who have flocked to the capital in search of a decent wage. Prostitution is not a criminal offence but Moscow’s hard-pressed police force have been charged with cleaning up the capital’s streets. But with the drastic increase in violent crime many policemen feel their efforts would be better spent elsewhere. The free market has brought many improvements to Moscow’s