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The Russian Republic of Chechnya recently banned Russian dance music deemed either too fast or too slow, in a bizarre attempt to fight the Western "pollution".

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.

Rachel Treisman reports via NPR: Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya are banning music they consider either too fast or too slow, effectively criminalizing many genres. The Chechen Ministry of Culture announced the ban on its website last week, by the order of Culture Minister Musa Dada...

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Music that's not between 80 and 116 beats per minute will need to be rewritten and rerecorded.

The ban will mean that many songs in musical styles such as pop and techno will be banned.

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.

Say goodbye to grindcore and doom, as well

All songs must fall within the required beats per minute range .... or else.