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Chechnya Bans Music That Isn't Between 80 and 116 Beats Per Minute
The Russian republic of Chechnya has announced a ban on music that’s either too fast or too slow. As the Guardian’s Philip Oltermann reports, officials hope to eradicate the “polluting ...
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Why Chechnya has banned music that is 'too fast or too slow'
Taylor Swift's iconic hit "Shake It Off" is rarely mentioned in the same breath as the Russian national anthem but both have fallen foul of a new ruling on music in Chechnya. The Russian republic ...
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City renaming itself after the man who destroyed it
The Battle of Grozny, Russia’s invasion of the Chechen city, killed thousands of ... in a bid to stop Western music ’polluting’ their republic. The new law was introduced by Chechnya ...