cheapest place to shop to in russia thieves market a traveler declares Is the cheapest place to shop in all russia even tor for a foreigner it ls is in moscow which is the railroad center of the empire and quite likely the clearing house or exchange tor for stolen goods the merchants tell the buyer frankly that the reason they can sell things cheaply is because they are all stolen everything everything monsieur all are stolen we deal only in that which costs us nothing we charge you for storage that is all curios from the whole eastern world are there it is a desperate place tor for one to go it if one would not spend money do not buy presents tor for friends at home until you have looked through the market