RUSSIA: MOSCOW: PROSTITUTION IS BOOMING

Russian, Nat In Russia s new free market prostitution is booming. Moscow s streets are packed with scantilyclad hookers who have flocked to the capital in search of a decent wage. Prostitution is not a criminal offence but Moscow s hardpressed 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