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Chechnya bans music that is 'too fast or too slow'
(news.sky.com)
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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 culture ministry made the announcement in a statement earlier this week, according to the Moscow Times.
"Borrowing musical culture from other peoples is inadmissible," Mr Dadayev reportedly said.
The ban was reportedly announced following a meeting between the republic's ministry and local and regional artists.
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All western rave and techno music, which tends to be of a higher BPM, would be banned under the new rule.
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