Author Index to Russian Politics and Law

For many residents of other Asian countries, the large cities of Russia have become, if certainly not a tourist mecca, a huge market for the sale of inexpensive, extremely low-quality products and an arena of semi-legal business. Former criminals and "fugitives," sought by Chinese law-enforcement organs for various crimes, are often encountered among the Chinese "tourists." According to estimates by the Russian Federation Ministry of Internal Affairs, the number of crimes committed by Chinese on Russian territory has increased sevenfold in the last few years.