A woman leaves a currency exchange office displaying the US dollar and the euro signs in Saint Petersburg on March, 2, 2022. - Russian authorities are scrambling to stem panic as massive sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine delivered the worst economic shocks since the fall of the Soviet Union. Russians encountered a bleak new economic reality after Western powers agreed to impose far-reaching sanctions. The ruble has fallen by more than a third against the dollar and euro, Russian planes are barred from all but a handful of countries and ordinary people face serious doubts over the future of their careers, salaries and loan repayments. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP)