Closed Shops, Zs, Green Ribbons: Russia’s Post-Invasion Reality

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
because of corporate opposition to the war
Clothes, jewelry and other goods can still be seen inside the locked shops
requested anonymity
There was this tense, depressing atmosphere
Stoleshnikov Lane, Moscow.MTAbout 500 foreign companies have left Russia since the beginning of the invasion, and that list grows almost
shelves in a supermarket in Moscow.MTOne of the largest Z displays in downtown Moscow can be found at the Oleg Tabakov Theater near the
Chistye Prudy metro station
popular military symbol
leave our people behind"
Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station, St
small towns
Petersburg, there were Russian flags hanging at almost every pedestrian crossing and Z signs were far more common than in Moscow
commonplace in major cities across Russia
A green ribbon tied to a fence near the Kazan Cathedral in St
single day since the collapse of the Soviet Union
In total 15,428 Russians have been arrested at anti-war demonstrations since the beginning of the invasion, according to protest-monitoring
Moscow Times, referring to the anti-war demonstrations of 2014
word BUCHA written on a street crosswalk
Vasilevskiy Island, St
Petersburg.MTIn St
are tied to lanterns, fences, statues and buildings
Protest graffiti is also common.When evidence emerged of atrocities apparently committed by the Russian army in the Ukrainian town of Bucha,
But as the war grinds toward its third month, protesters and police alike have disappeared from the square