Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, left, and Sergei Sokolov, his deputy, sit in a courtroom prior to a hearing in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, September 5, 2022. A court in Moscow on Monday upheld a motion from Russian authorities to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that for years has been critical of the Kremlin, the latest move in a months-long crackdown on independent media, opposition activists and human rights groups. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) military exercise in far eastern Russia, outside Vladivostok, on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. The weeklong exercise that began Thursday is intended to showcase growing defense ties between Russia and China and also demonstrate that Moscow has enough troops and equipment to conduct the massive drills even as its troops are engaged in military action in Ukraine. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Photo)





Combines harvest wheat in a field near the village of Solyanoye in the Omsk region, Russia on September 8, 2022. (Photo by Alexey Malgavko/Reuters)





A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, a candle and flowers in remembrance of her Majesty are seen at the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Moscow, Russia, Friday, September 9, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. (Photo by Dmitry Serebryakov/AP Photo)





Ballet dancers perform during City Day celebrations in downtown Moscow on September 10, 2022. Moscow celebrates the 875th anniversary of its foundation on September 10 and 11, 2022. (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP Photo)





Fireworks explode behind St. Basil's cathedral and the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower at the City Day celebrations in Moscow, Russia on September 10, 2022. (Photo by Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)





A man walks with a dog in Romantsevsky mountains, remains of abandoned coal quarry, that became a tourist attraction, near the village of Konduki, Tula region, Russia on September 11, 2022. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





Orthodox believers participate in a procession in St. Petersburg, Russia, 12 September 2022. The procession marks the 298th anniversary of the transfer of the relics of St. Alexander Nevsky, who is considered to be a heavenly protector of St. Petersburg. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA/EFE)





Orthodox believers participate in a procession in St. Petersburg, Russia, 12 September 2022. The procession marks the 298th anniversary of the transfer of the relics of St. Alexander Nevsky, who is considered to be a heavenly protector of St. Petersburg. (Photo by Anatoly Maltsev/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Children look through a car windows as they and other refugees from the Kharkov Region of Ukraine as they arrive at temporary camp in Belgorod, Russia, Wednesday, September 14, 2022. Thousands fled fled northeastern Ukraine to Russia amid Ukrainian counteroffensive in the region. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, September 19, 2022. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Photo)





Police officers detain a woman in Moscow on September 21, 2022, following calls to protest against partial mobilisation announced by President Vladimir Putin. President Vladimir Putin called up Russian military reservists on September 21, saying his promise to use all military means in Ukraine was “no bluff”, and hinting that Moscow was prepared to use nuclear weapons. His mobilisation call comes as Moscow-held regions of Ukraine prepare to hold annexation referendums this week, dramatically upping the stakes in the seven-month conflict by allowing Moscow to accuse Ukraine of attacking Russian territory. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)





Police officers detain a man in Moscow on September 21, 2022, following calls to protest against partial mobilisation announced by President Vladimir Putin. President Vladimir Putin called up Russian military reservists on September 21, saying his promise to use all military means in Ukraine was “no bluff”, and hinting that Moscow was prepared to use nuclear weapons. His mobilisation call comes as Moscow-held regions of Ukraine prepare to hold annexation referendums this week, dramatically upping the stakes in the seven-month conflict by allowing Moscow to accuse Ukraine of attacking Russian territory. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)





Riot police detain a demonstrator during a protest against mobilization in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial mobilization of reservists in Russia, effective immediately. He risks a deeply unpopular step that follows humiliating setbacks for his troops nearly seven months after invading Ukraine. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Police officers detain a man in Moscow on September 21, 2022, following calls to protest against partial mobilisation announced by President Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP Photo)





Riot police detain a demonstrator during a protest against mobilization in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, September 21, 2022. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Riot police detain demonstrators during a protest against mobilization in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, September 21, 2022. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Riot police detain a demonstrator during a protest against mobilization in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, September 21, 2022. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Riot police detain a demonstrator during a protest against mobilization, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, September 21, 2022. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





Russian police officers detain a protester during an unsanctioned rally, after opposition activists called for street protests against the mobilisation of reservists ordered by President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Russia on September 21, 2022. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)