Sports, Sleep, and the State Duma

This week's Odder News features hockey, mixed martial arts, and an active Duma.

• The State Duma is considering a bill to restrict noisy home repairs to three days a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. With so many people working from home, and likely to stay there even after the pandemic, many are in a "living hell." Quieter repairs, like hanging wallpaper, can be done on the remaining four days of the week.
• A Russian hockey player, Kirill Kaprizov, made NHL history by scoring six points in his first six games in the league. The 23-year-old just signed on with the Minnesota Wild after previously playing in Eurasia's Russian-led KHL. Kaprizov joins such auspicious Russians in America's NHL as Alexander Ovechkin and Yevgeny Malkin.
• Famous Russian UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov announced, after declaring his retirement, that he is switching sports – to soccer. Here's hoping that the 32-year-old has more success in/on his new field than Michael Jordan did when he switched to baseball at age 30.
• To encourage Russian workers to stay healthy and be more productive, the State Duma passed a bill granting a tax deduction on 13% of sporting equipment and expenses. Now every Russian can aspire to be 13% of a Kirill Kaprizov or a Khabib Nurmagomedov.