Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya will only allow music between 80 and 116 beats per minute, though it's unclear how the rule will be enforced. Accessibility links.

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)".

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov performs a dance at his 35th birthday celebration in 2011. STR / AFP via Getty Images. The Russian republic of Chechnya has announced a ban on music that’s either ...

The Russian republic of Chechnya is banning all music in the region that doesn’t fall between a new 80–116bpm limit, effectively criminalizing anything too fast or too slow.

The Russian republic has announced a ban on music that the regime considers too fast or slow, ruling that all songs and compositions should "correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats per minute ...

Electronic styles of music like house, techno and dubstep all tend to have BPMs of over 116, says the audio tech company Izotope, while the average tempo of 2020’s best-selling pop songs was 122 ...

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 ...

In the Russian republic of Chechnya, it’s now illegal to play any music that doesn’t fit into a very specific range of tempos. In the mostly-Muslim region, authorities have banned any music ...