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Moscow seeks a ‘sense of normal’ amid Ukraine conflict

FILE - People walk past flowers during an annual flower festival in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, July 22, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

People pose for photo at a sculpture of Mikhail Kalashnikov, a creator of the Kalashnikov assault rifle in the Artillery museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A man crosses a street past an army recruiting billboard with the words "Serving Russia is a real job!" in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

FILE - Russian paratroopers demonstrate their skills as they take part in celebrations for Paratroopers Day in front of the Spasskaya Tower in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 2, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Children cool themselves in the water of the Neglinnaya river enjoying the end of a hot day near the Kremlin Wall, in Moscow, Russia, July 3, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

FILE - In this photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service, Russian Orthodox Church priests walk to attend a religion service in the Kremlin's Assumption Cathedral marking the 1,034th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity by Prince Vladimir, the leader of Kyivan Rus, a loose federation of Slavic tribes that preceded the Russian state in Moscow, Russia, July 28, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (Igor Palkin, Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP, File)

FILE - People sunbathe and swim in the Gulf of Finland in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2022, with oil storage tanks in St. Petersburg's sea port in the background. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

FILE - Visitors order food at a newly opened fast food restaurant in a former McDonald's outlet in Bolshaya Bronnaya Street in Moscow, Russia, June 12, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)

A group of teenagers practice to dance a K-pop, a modern Korean dance during the warm weather at the Moscow's city skyscrapers in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo)

A billboard with a portrait of a Russian soldier and the words "Glory to the heroes of Russia" is reflected in a shopping mall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

A woman uses her mobile phone as she walks past a billboard with a portrait of a Russian soldier and the words "Glory to the heroes of Russia" in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

FILE - Vehicles drive through a street with the letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 6, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/Victor Berezkin, File)

FILE - A woman and her child wearing t-shirts with letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military walk in the Artillery museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

FILE - Cars drive along a street with a huge letter Z, which has become a symbol of the Russian military on a building in a street in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 6, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

People walk at the Izmailovsky Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo)

FILE - Models display a collection by Russian designer Alena Akhmadullina in Moskvoretskaya embankment during the Fashion Week at Zaryadye Park near Red Square with a Stalin's type skyscraper in the background in Moscow, Russia, June 23, 2022. Six months after Russia sent troops into Ukraine, there's little sign of the conflict on Moscow's streets and the capital's residents seem unconcerned about the economic and political sanctions by Western countries. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Moscow seeks a ‘sense of normal’ amid Ukraine conflict