The dissolution of the Soviet Union led to an increase of hunting and poaching in the 1990s, in part because wild caught Russian furs are considered the most luxurious and demand the highest prices on the international market.
A disolución da Unión Soviética levou a un incremento da caza e do furtivismo na década de 1990, en parte porque as peles rusas de animais silvestres eran consideradas as máis luxosas e as que alcanzaban maiores prezos no mercado internacional.