MOST VALUABLE COMPANIES PULLING OUT OF RUSSIA

APPLE– worth £2.6tn, announced it would stop selling products in Russia on 1 March.

VISA – worth £415bn, said it would cease all transactions in Russia on 5 March.

EXXONMOBIL – worth £372bn, said it would discontinue operations at Sakhalin-i, an oil and gas development project, on 1 March.

LVMH – owner of Louis Vuitton, worth £316bn, temporarily shut its 124 shops in Russia from 4 March.

MASTERCARD – worth £310bn, announced it would suspend operations on 5 March.