Editing Tourism in Russia (section)

== Medical tourism ==
Russia is a destination for medical tourism. A factor in its popularity was the relatively weak ruble [[Russian financial crisis (2014–2016)|post-2014]], which saw the industry grow from some 110,000 clients in 2017<ref name="forbes-medical-tourism">{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.ru/biznes/365591-medicinskiy-turizm-pochemu-inostrancy-lechatsya-v-rossii-rossiyane-za-granicey |title=Медицинский туризм: почему иностранцы лечатся в России, а россияне — за границей |trans-title=Medical tourism: why foreigners seek treatment in Russia, and Russians abroad |language=Russian |website=forbes.ru |date=14 August 2018 |access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref> to some 728,000 clients in the first five months of 2020.<ref name="ratanews">{{cite web |url=https://ratanews.ru/news/news_1092020_4.stm |title=Какое лечение в России выбирают иностранцы |trans-title=What kind of medical treatment do foreigners choose in Russia |language=Russian |website=ratanews.ru |publisher=RATA news |access-date=August 15, 2021}}</ref> Stomatology is the most used (44% of patients), genecology and urology follow (25% taken together), the other services are plastic surgery (10%), ophthalmology (10%), and cardiology (5%).<ref name="forbes-medical-tourism" /> Most clients come from [[Commonwealth of Independent States|the CIS states]], where receiving high-tech medical assistance can be problematic, particularly from Central Asia, which amounts for 62% of all patients; but also from Eastern Europe (32%), South and East Asia (5%).<ref>{{cite journal |title=Promises and Hurdles of Medical Tourism Development in the Russian Federation |year=2020 |journal=Frontiers in Psychology |doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01380 |doi-access=free |last1=Daykhes |first1=Arkady N. |last2=Jakovljevic |first2=Mihajlo |last3=Reshetnikov |first3=Vladimir A. |last4=Kozlov |first4=Vasily V. |volume=11 |page=1380 |pmid=32655455 |pmc=7324547 }}</ref> In addition to price and accessibility of complex manipulations, the difference in regulations between Russia and the clients' own nations is a driving factor for receiving care in Russia: for instance, [[in vitro fertilization]] is illegal in China, but legal in Russia.<ref name="ratanews" />