CENSORSHIP ON MUSIC IN CHECHNY

The Minister of Culture declared the limitation of "all musical, vocal and choreographic compositions to a tempo ranging from 80 to 116 beats per minute (BPM)", reports the Russian news agency TASS.

The objective?

Protect national music and eliminate "pollution" from the West for its majority Muslim population:

“It is unacceptable to borrow musical culture from other peoples,” added the Minister of Culture.

New Chechen musical creations must therefore correspond to "the Chechen mentality and musical rhythm", to transmit "to the people and to our children the future of the cultural heritage of the Chechen people", explained Musa Dadayev, quoted by CNN.

Artists have until June 1 to modify music that does not correspond to these new criteria.

Remove decadence from the West

With this ban, Chechnya targets, among other things, many styles of Western music ranging from pop to techno.

A large part of the homosexual communities in Chechnya identify with the styles of electronic, house, trance and even techno music. However, they are victims of the worst repression since 2017. A complaint for “genocide” was even filed by associations before the International Criminal Court.

Ramzan Kadyrov, head of the party since 2007, has used his mandate to stifle all forms of dissent.