Duma deputy wants to ban high heels and ballet flats

[Larry1]

I am not making this up:

Oleg Mikheyev of the A Just Russia party, who has called for the Customs Union to ban high heels, canvas sneakers and ballet flats because of their deleterious effect on the feet of the nation.

... Forty percent of the nation has flat feet, the deputy said. 

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/another-day-another-bright-idea-what-the-duma-should-really-ban/502227.html

The writers at The Moscow Times have a few other ideas as to what could be banned. Here are two:

1) Introduce fines for reckless women who sit on the ground or chilly outdoor walls, as well as for anyone who goes out without a hat in winter. Ensure no one escapes justice by asking the country's senior citizens to act as a druzhina ready to arrest and fine on the spot. Set up watching posts for them on benches near housing blocks.

2) Ensure the country's health by making dill mandatory in all dishes — the herb has helped cure flatulence, women's problems and a range of other afflictions since Ancient Greek times — especially in fast food chains, resulting in Big Macdill and Royal Dillux — KFC would be renamed DFC.

Is it possible that 40% of Russians have flat feet?

[jone]

He may ban them in public, but I bet he wears high heels at home.

[tfcrew]

He may ban them in public, but I bet he wears high heels at home.

Yeah, I found his picture on facebook...

[lordtiberius]

That's not the only thing on the ban list:

http://russianreport.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/duma-seeks-to-expunge-western-words-from-russian-language/

Duma seeks to expunge Western words from Russian language

[Larry1]

Proposal to 'ban high heels' causes stir in Russia

Moscow (AFP) - Russian women may soon undergo a dramatic makeover if a Kremlin-friendly lawmaker has his way and pushes through a ban on a fashion item they perhaps cherish the most: high heels.

Oleg Mikheyev, a lawmaker with pro-Kremlin A Just Russia party, says vertiginous heels as well as trainers, ballet flats and men's loafers are bad for people's health and it's time to do something about it.

Mikheyev has sent a proposal to the Customs Union which also includes ex-Soviet Belarus and Kazakhstan, suggesting that the Moscow-led group introduce official standards stipulating the height of heels.

"Footwear should have heels that are two to four centimetres high, five centimetres high at the most," said the proposal, a copy of which was sent to AFP...

The danger of angering Russian ladies is not lost on the deputy.

"My female colleagues have not spoken to me for half a day now," he quipped.

But his proposal had already caused a storm of controversy in Russia and some women said if high heels are banned, they would start to wear them on purpose.

Muscovite Maria Larionova, 31, said she saw Mikheyev's proposal as "an infringement on my freedom and personal space."

"I love high heels, they are chic."

http://news.yahoo.com/proposal-ban-high-heels-causes-stir-russia-201933250.html;_ylt=AwrBEiH9R6NTWCAANNnQtDMD

For the nonmetric, heels could not be more than two inches high under this proposal.

[Patagonie]

It is time to send this guy in Slaviansk.

[lordtiberius]

[lordtiberius]