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Fadeev called the choice of clothing by women in Russia political
The Chairman of the Human Rights Committee, Valery Fadeyev, noted that the original Russian costume did not involve “wrapping a woman from head to toe in dark fabric,” and emphasized that this is not a Russian tradition.
The way Russian women dress, whether it is traditional Russian clothing or covering themselves from head to toe, is a political choice, said Valery Fadiev, head of the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights. Correspondent of RBC under the President of Russia (HRC). He said this at the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Traditional Female Images of Russia", which is taking place in the Federation Council.
"As for women's clothing, in recent decades there has been an opinion that Muslim women should wear dark clothing from head to toe. You will not see examples of such dark clothing here. I see bright, beautiful clothing from different parts of our country. The Volga region, the Caucasus, and Siberia - the clothing is different, but all beautiful, all magnificent," Fadeyev said.
He explained that "covering women from head to toe" is probably a tradition, but not a traditional Russian one, but one brought in from outside. "We see our traditions here - the traditions of many peoples of Russia who have lived here for centuries and millennia. This is our tradition," said the chairman of the Human Rights Council. - And this is generally a choice. A cultural choice, if you like, a moral one, if you like, a political one. Do we need women covered from head to toe in dark clothes, or do we need our own traditions, our own beautiful, magnificent clothes? And this exhibition convincingly shows which choice is right."
The booklet dedicated to the exhibition also notes that a historically common feature of women of all nationalities in Russia is the lack of a tradition of covering their faces. "This is true for many historical facts (for example, the First All-Russian Congress of Muslim Women, held in Kazan in 1917)."
The debate over whether to ban face coverings in Russia, especially religious ones, gained new momentum in October after the Vladimir Region Ministry of Education and Youth Policy banned hijabs and niqabs in schools in the region.
State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov spoke out against it and called the order provocative. He called supporters of the ban on the niqab and hijab "irresponsible people" who undermine social stability. Delimkhanov believed that the ban on the hijab in the Vladimir region would be a serious violation of constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion.
The Kremlin insists that each region has the authority to decide the issue and has made it clear that it will not take part in the discussions.
Before this, the possibility of banning the niqab in Russia was widely discussed in the summer, including after the terrorist attack on June 23 in Dagestan. The measure was supported by the chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, and the muftis of Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia temporarily banned wearing the niqab in these regions.