Social scientist and left-wing activist Boris Kagarlitsky was fined and banned from administering websites, a court ruled Russian sociologist and prominent left-wing activist Boris Kagarlitsky was released from custody on Tuesday, Russian media reported from the courtroom. He stood accused of “publicly justifying terrorism” in a video he distributed through the Rabkor news agency, where he serves as editor-in-chief. The prosecution demanded that Kagarlitsky be sentenced to 5.5 years in prison. The court ultimately found him guilty of making “calls for terrorism” but decided not to jail him and instead issued the 64-year-old a 600-thousand-ruble ($6,660) fine, and banned him from administering internet sites for two years. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
