The measure would violate citizens’ rights and freedom of religion, the cabinet explained The Russian government has rejected an initiative to ban the niqab, a traditional Muslim veil that covers the entire face apart from the eyes, Kommersant reported on Monday, citing a cabinet document.

Tbilisi has been consistently pushed into war with Russia, the speaker of the country’s parliament has claimed Georgia has been repeatedly pushed into a conflict with Russia, the President of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, has claimed.

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