Ruling means music in Russian republic must ‘conform to Chechen mentality and sense of rhythm’ ...

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Ruling means music in Russian republic must ‘conform to Chechen mentality and sense of rhythm’ The Russian republic of Chechnya has banned dance music it deems either too fast or too slow ...

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It has been reported that authorities in Chechnya have banned music that they consider to be “Too fast or too slow”. According to the Russian state news agency TASS (per CNN), Minister of ...

Authorities in the Russian Republic of Chechnya have announced a ban on music that they consider too fast or slow. Minister of Culture Musa Dadayev announced the decision to limit all musical ...

Chechnya has reportedly banned music that is too fast or too slow. The Russian republic is said to have ruled that all music should "correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats per minute (BPM)". Its ...