Social scientist and left-wing activist Boris Kagarlitsky has been fined and banned from administering websites Russian sociologist and prominent left-wing activist Boris Kagarlitsky was released from custody by a court on Tuesday, according to Russian media.

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Russian coal and oil paid for in yuan is about to start flowing into China, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. According to the media outlet, citing Chinese consultancy Fenwei Energy Information Service, several Chinese firms used local currency to buy Russian coal in March, and the first cargoes will arrive this month.