Russia just keeps pulling rabbits out of the hat, so much for Western "sanctions":

https://www.reuters.com/business/ex...ng-russian-coal-chinese-yuan-2022-06-29/

India's top cement maker paying for Russian coal in Chinese yuan

NEW DELHI, June 29 (Reuters) - India's biggest cement producer, UltraTech Cement (ULTC.NS), is importing a cargo of Russian coal and paying using Chinese yuan, according to an Indian customs document reviewed by Reuters, a rare payment method that traders say could become more common.

"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." -- Thomas Jefferson

We are all Rhodesians now.