Several ukrainian business people told me that these shakedowns were becoming more common .
几个乌克兰商人告诉我，这些勒索正变得司空见惯。
To the extent that firms operate outside the law , they are vulnerable to shakedowns from local officials and mood-swings in beijing .
企业在法律范围之外经营，使得他们容易受到当地官员的勒索，以及北京的态度变化。
But as an agclir report usefully spells out , it makes life pointlessly hard for its own farmers and food traders : " undue police interference and on-the-road shakedowns " deter the internal transport of food .
