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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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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 ...