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 ...

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 ...

Rights groups have documented widespread abuses under Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian president of the Russian republic of ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 28 August 2023 The southern Russian republic of Chechnya has long been a boiling point for conflict with Moscow in the restive North ...

Under the leadership of Ramzan Kadyrov, the predominantly Muslim southern Russian republic of Chechnya has maintained a high degree of autonomy while remaining loyal to the Kremlin and Russian ...

A minister in Russia’s republic of Chechnya on Monday slammed a federal government decision to block the Telegram messaging app in the region over security concerns, calling the move ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Ramzan Kadyrov in Moscow on Wednesday, just days after the Chechnya governor said in an interview that he hopes to be relieved of his post.

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... Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya ...