`` First of all , we have virtually open borders , and badly controlled migration flows from nearby countries , '' said Alexander Krasnov of Russia 's Interior Ministry Police . Aid groups say booming economy has fueled demand for prostitutes in Moscow . The number of sex workers is estimated at more than a million and the industry employs about half that many people as it did before the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
Aid groups say booming economy has fueled demand for prostitutes in Moscow . The number of sex workers is estimated at more than a million and the industry employs about half that many people as it did before the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.