Unauthorized Nike and Lego goods are getting into wartime Russia’s stores. Here’s how

Nike stopped selling its sportswear to Russia soon after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine over two years ago. But that hasn’t stopped footballstore.ru, an online sports retailer owned by Russia’s Zenit soccer club. Among the dozens of Nike-branded items the site offers are the U.S. sportswear maker’s Phantom GT2 Elite soccer boots, for 29,999 roubles, or around $330. The man who got these shoes to Russia is Wijnand Herinckx, a 40-year-old Dutch citizen who...