“A trade ban on lacy lingerie has Russian consumers and their neighbours with their knickers in a twist.

The ban will outlaw any underwear containing less than 6 per cent cotton from being imported, made, or sold in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. And it has struck a chord in societies where La Perla and Victoria’s Secret are panty paradises compared to Soviet-era cotton underwear, which was often about as flattering and shapely as drapery.

On Sunday, 30 women protesters in Kazakhstan were arrested and thrown into police vans while wearing lace underwear on their heads and shouting “Freedom to panties!””* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Laura Mills / AP / Vancouver Sun:
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Women+protest+Russian+underwear+Freedom+panties/9517249/story.html