https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/world-cup-ban-on-radioactive-chemicals-frustrates-russian-biochemistry-labs/

Football fans around the world are eagerly awaiting the kickoff of the World Cup in Russia on June 14. But some Russian researchers might find themselves with more time to watch the matches than they expected.

Because of security and counter-terror measures enacted by the government ahead of the World Cup tournament, some Russian labs will go without the radioactive reagents that they urgently need for their research, according to molecular biologists and biochemists who spoke to Nature.