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AP PHOTOS: Russian malls half-empty after Western firms exit

A food delivery man rides a bicycle along the GUM department store with a Cartier boutique closed due to sanctions in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. As Russia's military operation in Ukraine is entering its 100-day anniversary, life in Moscow and St. Petersburg remains largely normal, even as many Western retailers have left Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Pedestrians walking in a street are reflected in a window of the GUM department store with a Louis Vuitton boutique closed due to sanctions in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. As Russia's military operation in Ukraine is entering its 100-day anniversary, life in Moscow and St. Petersburg remains largely normal, even as many Western retailers have left Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A visitor walks inside the GUM department store with a Dior boutique closed due to sanctions in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Many Western retailers have left Russia after the start of a military action in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A visitor looks at an empty "Samsonite", suitcases and bags shop closed due to sanctions in a store in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Many Western retailers have left Russia after the start of a military action in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A woman walks at an almost empty shopping center with many shops closed due to sanctions, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Many Western retailers have left Russia after the start of a military action in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A food delivery man rides a scooter along a Louvre boutique closed due to sanctions in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Many Western retailers have left Russia after the start of a military action in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Visitors walk past a Nespresso shop closed due to sanctions in a shopping mall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Many Western retailers have left Russia after the start of a military action in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Visitors with their children walk inside the GUM department store with a Dior boutique closed due to sanctions along an installation of a history of cycling in Russia, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. As Russia's military operation in Ukraine is entering its 100-day anniversary, life in Moscow and St. Petersburg remains largely normal, even as many Western retailers have left Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

People walk past a Zara shop closed due to sanctions in a shopping mall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Many Western retailers have left Russia after the start of a military action in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Few visitors pass inside the GUM department store with lots of boutiques closed due to sanctions in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. As Russia's military operation in Ukraine is entering its 100-day anniversary, life in Moscow and St. Petersburg remains largely normal, even as many Western retailers have left Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

People walk along the coast of the Gulf of Finland in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, with the Business Tower Lakhta Centre, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom in the background. As Russia's military operation in Ukraine is entering its 100-day anniversary, life in Moscow and St. Petersburg remains largely normal, even as many Western retailers have left Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

People sit in a street cafe along the coast of the Gulf of Finland in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, June 1, 2022. As Russia's military operation in Ukraine is entering its 100-day anniversary, life in Moscow and St. Petersburg remains largely normal, even as many Western retailers have left Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A notice on the glass-door warns that the store is closed due to technical problems, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Many Western retailers have left Russia after the start of a military action in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

St. Basil's Cathedral and the Spasskaya Tower are reflected in a window of an almost empty and dark Burberry boutique, closed due to sanctions, inside the GUM department store in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. As Russia's military operation in Ukraine is entering its 100-day anniversary, life in Moscow and St. Petersburg remains largely normal, even as many Western retailers have left Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

AP PHOTOS: Russian malls half-empty after Western firms exit