Hurry, everything Moscow... closing down clamour as H&M departs city

SNAKING through a Moscow shopping centre, shoppers wait to buy their last items from H&M before the retailer closes its Russian stores.

Brands including H&M, Ikea and Nike had suspended operations in the country, but H&M reopened to sell off its goods before leaving the Russian market for good, costing the company nearly £170million. Customer Ekaterina said: ‘The reason why this is happening is awful. Everything else is meaningless, like how we are going to manage [without H&M].’