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Clothing consultant Stanislava Nazhmitdinova (R) speaks with an assistant in a multi-brand clothing store at the shopping center in Moscow on August 16, 2023. Despite staff shortages, a lack of equipment and dwindling fabric supplies, Russia's emerging fashion industry is rushing to fill the gap left by the departure of major Western labels such as Adidas, H&M and Zara who have shut up shop in Russia since the conflict in Ukraine began last year. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA)