A police officer uses his smartphone to film a woman staging a picket with a placard reading “No to war with Ukraine“ in Moscow on February 23, 2022. (Photo by Nikolay Korzhov/AFP Photo)





Police detain a demonstrator during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, February 26, 2022. Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine resumed on Saturday evening, with people taking to the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg for the third straight day despite mass arrests. OVD-Info rights group reported that at least 325 people were detained in 26 Russian cities on Saturday in antiwar protests, nearly half of them in Moscow. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





The police surrounded the protesters in Saint-Petersburg, Russia on 25 February 2022. Some of them are teenagers. (Photo by FTWP/Washington Post)





People stand in line to withdraw U.S. dollars and Euros from an ATM in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, February 25, 2022. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Police during anti-war protests in the center of St. Petersburg, Russia on 25 February 2022. (Photo by FTWP/Washington Post)





Police detain a demonstrator during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, February 27, 2022. Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine resumed on Sunday, with people taking to the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg and other Russian towns for the third straight day despite mass arrests. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A demonstrator is detained by police officers during a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, after President Vladimir Putin authorised a massive military operation, in Saint Petersburg, Russia on February 27, 2022. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)





Police detain a demonstrator during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, February 27, 2022. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Policeman detain a young demonstrator during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, February 28, 2022. Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine resumed on Monday, with people taking to the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg and other Russian towns despite mass arrests. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Russian policemen detain a protestor during rally against Russian invasion of Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, 27 February 2022. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February prompting the country's president to declare martial law and triggering a series of announcements by Western countries to impose severe economic sanctions on Russia. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA/EFE)





People walk past a currency exchange office screen displaying the exchange rates of U.S. Dollar and Euro to Russian Rubles in Moscow's downtown, Russia, Monday, February 28, 2022. Ordinary Russians are facing the prospect of higher prices as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting. That's led uneasy people to line up at banks and ATMs on Monday in a country that has seen more than one currency disaster in the post-Soviet era. (Photo by Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo)





A policeman looks at a young demonstrator who lost consciousness while being detained at an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, February 28, 2022. Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine resumed on Monday, with people taking to the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg and other Russian towns despite mass arrests. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Police detain demonstrators during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, February 28, 2022. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Police face demonstrators during a protest against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine resumed on Tuesday, with people taking to the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg and other Russian towns despite mass arrests. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Police detain demonstrators during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, March. 1, 2022. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Women look at a screen displaying exchange rate at a currency exchange office in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. The Russian currency plunged about 30% against the U.S. dollar Monday after Western nations announced moves to block some Russian banks from the SWIFT international payment system and to restrict Russia's use of its massive foreign currency reserves. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





A poster with writing reading “No War” hangs over Nevsky prospect, the central avenue of St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, March. 1, 2022. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in central Saint Petersburg on March 1, 2022. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP Photo)





A man walks past a closed “re:Store”, an Apple reseller shop at a shopping mall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Apple announced that it would stopped selling its iPhone and other popular products in Russia along with limiting services like Apple Pay as part of a larger corporate backlash to protest the invasion. Dozens of foreign and international companies have pulled their business out of Russia. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)





Police detain a demonstrator during an action against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine resumed on Wednesday, with people taking to the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg and other Russian towns despite mass arrests. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)