Valentine's Day certainly left someone bitter. Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus have decided to ban lace underwear beginning in July. Some Kazakh women, at least, are not going to take the decision lying down.

At a military parade in former Soviet republic of Belarus, soldiers show off their uncanny synchronicity with a mesmerizing routine that transforms them into a living zoetrope.

A bomb detonated today in a crowded subway station in the center of Minsk, killing at least 12 people and wounding over 120. The station was located next to the offices of Belarus's authoritarian president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko. [CNN]

[Thousands of Belarussians demonstrated in the capital of Minsk today, claiming the apparent re-election of president/dictator Alexander Lukashenko was a fraud. Image via AP.]

The not-terribly-gay-friendly former Soviet state is happy to have Elton John do a concert in Minsk, so long as he's not too gay about it. They government has requested footage of past concerts to make sure it's not too swishy.