Why did lace underwear ban spark protests in Kazakhstan? BBC News

Subscribe to BBC News www.youtube.com/bbcnews The authorities in Kazakhstan have detained several women protesting against a ban on lace underwear, it's been reported. Production, import and sale of lace underwear will stop in July 2014 in Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus under a Moscow-led Customs Union. Officials say lace does not absorb enough moisture. The regulation was approved back in 2011, but has not been enforced until now. Subscribe http://www.youtube.com/bbcnews Check out our website: http://www.bbc.com/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bbcworldnews Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bbcworld Instagram: http://instagram.com/bbcnews

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