Roughly half of the 10,000 condos bought by foreigners this year were in "Chonburi" (read, Pattaya).
How do we think those flat owners spend their time? Morality aside, more Chinese and Kazakhs coming through for playtime means a big bump in income for Pattaya. China is suddenly rich and the Kazakhs who hold passports often have significant wealth from the oil business.
Foreigners that live more modestly, but are fleeing war/oppression in their home country, are ripe targets for the brown envelope game, or worse.
Unless they are sophisticated enough to hide their funds in third country bank accounts.
Do we think draft-fleeing Boris has that level of game? Probably not.