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7. Protesters Against Lace Panties Ban Detained While Wearing Underwear On Their Heads

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 05:00 PM

Feb 2014

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/protesters-against-lace-panties-ban-detained-while-wearing-underwear-on-their-heads/494675.html

Protesters Against Lace Panties Ban Detained While Wearing Underwear On Their Heads
17 February 2014 | Issue 5311
By Christopher Brennan

Upcoming regulations restricting the diversity of Russians' underwear choices have met with resounding disapproval, including from protesters who were detained by police while wearing panties on their heads.

The production, import and sale of synthetic lace panties will be banned this summer within the Customs Union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, Gazeta.ru reported.

The law, which went into effect in the Customs Union in 2012 but not yet enforced, will ban underwear that does not reach a 6 percent threshold for moisture absorption, which aims to prevent products potentially harmful to consumers. Moisture absorption in many of the most popular synthetic material mixtures for lace panties is reportedly around 3 to 3.6 percent.

Lace panties will disappear from store shelves by July 1, 2014, said Valery Koreshkov, minister for technical regulations in the Eurasian Economic Union, the planned successor to the Customs Union.

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Russia bans lace panties [View all] bananas Feb 2014 OP

The hell.... AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #1

Protesters Against Lace Panties Ban Detained While Wearing Underwear On Their Heads bananas Feb 2014 #7

Lace underwear ban irks Kazakh women bananas Feb 2014 #10

WTF? n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #2

That really is absurd. In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #3

Wut? sakabatou Feb 2014 #4

sounds sort of Republican azurnoir Feb 2014 #5

You mean as in the moral crusades poorly disguised as safety regulations... Orsino Feb 2014 #37

^^This.^^ blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #52

"It irritates me ..." is the best panty-design-law quote ever. Scuba Feb 2014 #6

I Propose That Russia Bans Shirtless Horseback Riding DallasNE Feb 2014 #8

No kidding, and someone needs to remind Putin that not even the Brokeback Mountain guys did that. nt okaawhatever Feb 2014 #29

Hear, hear!!! Beacool Feb 2014 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Feb 2014 #9

Is there a tea party in Russia? Sancho Feb 2014 #11

Sounds like High School best way I know to encourage lace panties or Victoria's Secret. gordianot Feb 2014 #12

Maybe their women tend to be more wet cosmicone Feb 2014 #13

"You can have my lace panties when you pry them from my cold, dead hands!!" edbermac Feb 2014 #14

Thank you. DeSwiss Feb 2014 #17

Get your hands off my lace panties you damn dirty ape!!!! n/t supernova Feb 2014 #47

You remember this artist? DeSwiss Feb 2014 #15

And just who is going to inspect women to look for violations? LiberalEsto Feb 2014 #16

I volunteer... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #53

Hmmmmmm....... Xolodno Feb 2014 #18

All positions are filled except the nursing home patrol. . pipoman Feb 2014 #19

And Putin is afraid of appearing backward EC Feb 2014 #20

The more thing change the more they stay the same......... wandy Feb 2014 #21

I have to tell you that pic is somewhat relevant... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #32

Part of that I did not know, part of that I did.............. wandy Feb 2014 #36

But you can bet.... penndragon69 Feb 2014 #22

Now they've gone too far! Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #23

When lace panties are outlawed ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2014 #24

Russia wants to outdo the Onion, that is all. joshcryer Feb 2014 #25

No kidding, right? penultimate Feb 2014 #48

Like so many others...WTF?????? SoapBox Feb 2014 #26

The sad part durablend Feb 2014 #60

Um, is this the Russian answer to the Onion? shenmue Feb 2014 #27

Just order them on thw WWW Coyotl Feb 2014 #28

Hilarious!! oldandhappy Feb 2014 #30

I've just started a script for a TV drama about a Hot Panties ring.... n/t TygrBright Feb 2014 #31

WTF? Harmony Blue Feb 2014 #33

The strange thing about this ban jmowreader Feb 2014 #34

Is this a parody? nt MrScorpio Feb 2014 #35

Somebody please tell me this is from The Onion. kestrel91316 Feb 2014 #38

When lace panties are outlawed, only outlaws will wear lace panties. eggplant Feb 2014 #39

Or they'll go commando style. randome Feb 2014 #56

As long as this applies to men's undies as well passiveporcupine Feb 2014 #40

UGLY situation democratisphere Feb 2014 #41

There's something very thong with this. nt valerief Feb 2014 #42

nice one olddad56 Feb 2014 #64

I guess you know, this means war. nt rrneck Feb 2014 #43

Well davidthegnome Feb 2014 #44

But men can wear lace undies, no? nt geek tragedy Feb 2014 #45

now they will have to inspect people's underwear to ensure compliance. olddad56 Feb 2014 #46

Great law! Gooooo Russia! penultimate Feb 2014 #49

Thank god! The scourge of wet Russian crotches is finally over! Kablooie Feb 2014 #50

Russia's got a screw loose. tridim Feb 2014 #51

I never thought lace panties were intended to stay on the body long enough DebJ Feb 2014 #54

I will say it again: kitt6 Feb 2014 #55

What's the real strategy? scallywagy Feb 2014 #57

Ahhhh, I see that the GOP didn't corner the market on the war on women. Beacool Feb 2014 #58

Svim Vear Evnink vear. Evasporque Feb 2014 #61

This ban will apply to the whole Customs Union that Vlad wants Ukraine to join. pampango Feb 2014 #62

there goes my vacation in Russia, all I own are lace panties. olddad56 Feb 2014 #63