Police officers detain a woman during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in central Saint Petersburg on March 2, 2022. Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on March 2 urged Russians to stage daily protests against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, saying the country should not be a “nation of frightened cowards” and calling Vladimir Putin “an insane little tsar”. (Photoby Reuters/Stringer)





People wait in a line to pay for her purchases at the IKEA store on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 3, 2022. IKEA is closing its stores and pausing all sourcing in Russia and Belarus from Friday, March 4. “The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is a tragedy, and we deeply empathise with the millions of people affected by this situation” – IKEA's officials told. (Photo by Vladimir Kondrashov/AP Photo)





Alexei Venediktov, chief editor of Ekho Moskvy speaks to journalists in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 3, 2022. A Russian radio station has been taken off the air after authorities threatened to shut it down over its coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The action against one of Russia's oldest radio stations comes amid growing pressure on Russia's independent media to follow the Kremlin's official line while covering the invasion of Ukraine. Officials also threatened to block Dozhd, Russia's top independent TV channel. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) poses for photo with Aeroflot employees during his visit to Aeroflot aviation training complex outside Moscow on March 5, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that any country that sought to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be considered by Moscow to have entered the conflict. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP Photo)





Russian policemen detain a participant in an unauthorized rally against the Russian military operation in Ukraine, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 06 March 2022. According to independent Russian human rights group OVD-Info, hundreds of people were arrested in protests throughout major Russian cities on 06 March. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA/EFE)





A person is detained during an anti-war protest, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Yekaterinburg, Russia on March 6, 2022. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





People ride on a military vehicle in an amusement park outside Gatchina, Leningrad region on March 6, 2022, as the part of celebration of Maslenitsa or Shrovetide, a farewell ceremony to winter. Shrovetide precedes the beginning of Lent, with each day of the week holding its own meaning. Shrove Sunday, also known as the Sunday of Forgiveness, is a day for asking forgiveness for the harm caused to other people intentionally or unintentionally. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





People look at a tank crushing a car during a military show at a military park in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, March 6, 2022. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





People line up at a Uniqlo store after the announcement that Uniqlo stores are suspending trade in Russia from March 21, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





People walk past the letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, on an advertisement screen in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





The letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, is displayed on a bus in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





People walk past the letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, and a hashtag reading “We don't abandon our own” on an advertisement screen in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





The sign Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, and words reading “We don't abandon our own” is displayed over Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 5, 2022. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





People go down the escalator past the letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military, and a hashtag reading “We don't abandon our own” in an underground station in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





A visitor walks past a closed Dior boutique inside the GUM department store in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Police officers detain a woman during a protest against Russian military action in Ukraine, in Manezhnaya Square in central Moscow on March 13, 2022. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Police officers detain a man during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Manezhnaya square in central Moscow on March 13, 2022. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





This video grab taken on March 15, 2022 shows Russian Channel One editor Marina Ovsyannikova holds a poster reading “ Stop the war. Don't believe the propaganda. Here they are lying to you” during on-air TV studio by news anchor Yekaterina Andreyeva , Russia's most-watched evening news broadcast, in Moscow on March 14, 2022 . As a news anchor Yekaterina Andreyeva launched into an item about relations with Belarus, Marina Ovsyannikova, who wore a dark formal suit, burst into view, holding up a hand-written poster saying “No War” in English. (Photo by Handout/AFP Photo)





Marina Ovsyannikova, the editor at the state broadcaster Channel One who protested against Russian military action in Ukraine during the evening news broadcast at the station late Monday, speaks to the media as she leaves the Ostankinsky District Court after being fined for 30,000 rubles ($280, 247 euros) for breaching protest laws in Moscow on March 15, 2022. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A woman walks past posters bearing the letter “Z” in the colours of the ribbon of Saint George, which has become a symbol of support for Russian military action in Ukraine, and reading “We are proud of Russia! We are not ashamed!” at a bus stop on Nevsky Prospekt in central Saint Petersburg on March 15, 2022. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)