Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has reportedly banned music that doesn’t “conform to the Chechen mentality.”
Styles of dance music like techno, house and dubstep are essentially outlawed in Chechnya, according to a recent statement. The Russian republic’s culture ministry has mandated that “all musical, vocal and choreographic works should correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats per minute.”
According to The Moscow Times, the culture ministry announced as much in a statement last week. Kamzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic, reportedly said that all music must “conform to the Chechen…
