Women's Issues: Ban on low-cut wedding dresses in Chechnya

Regnum News Agency reports "the sale of European-style dresses is banned in Chechnya. The announcement was made by the president of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov on air of a local TV-channel.

Kadyrov did not specify how maintenance of the ban would be observed, but said he gave an order to take away all low-cut dresses from wedding shops and ateliers. Ramzan Kadyrov noted that his task was to bring lost cultural and moral values to the youth. He said he would not grudge inviting well-known designers to the republic to make them invent a “Chechen fashion,” which suits the best the national mentality.

The Chechen president emphasized that he would toughen measures regarding firing from arms during wedding ceremonies. “Of course, I will not manage to prohibit it completely, because a Chechen without a rifle is not a true Chechen, but I will not allow turning a celebration into a shooting-range,” the president said.

Several months ago, under an instruction of the Chechen president, female employees of governmental institutions were prohibited from going to work without a headscarf. The same innovation was spread to female TV-presenters and singers"

Source: Regnum News Agency