From bakeries to beauty shops, Russian businesses are feeling the pain from a new wartime tax policy
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Denis Maksimov poses for a photo in the sales area of his bakery outside Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)People exit the Mashenka bakery outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin tries pastries from the Mashenka bakery in Moscow on Dec. 20, 2025, after the owner asked him about tax reforms at his annual call-in show. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)A customer buys bread at the Mashenka bakery outside Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)A woman walks past a closed grocery shop in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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Denis Maksimov poses for a photo in the sales area of his bakery outside Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)