Last week, coal miners in the town of Luchegorsk began a hunger strike. Taken by itself, the news isn’t all that notable: the town is both tiny and in the middle of nowhere (sorry, Luchegorsk…). But the strike is important in that it fits into a larger...

Russian striker Alexander Kokorin has been offered a 16-hour session with a leading porn star – if he score five more goals this season. Alina Yeremenko, a Russian porn star who goes by the stage name Alina Henessy, has sensationally offered the Dynamo...