If you fancy a listen to the Beatles’ “Hey Jude,” the Eagles’ “Hotel California” or Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off,” don’t plan a trip to Chechnya after June 1. That’s when the Russian republic will ...

Chechnya has banned women's clothing with "masculine elements," citing tradition, but critics argue it is about control. The ban follows hot on the heels of another recent restriction banning women ...

The beat goes on, but much of Taylor Swift’s, Beyoncé’s and even the Beatles’ back catalogs could be off playlists in Chechnya after the Russian republic instituted limits on musical tempo. Subscribe ...

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 ...

The Russian republic of Chechnya has announced a ban on music that’s either too fast or too slow. As the Guardian’s Philip Oltermann reports, officials hope to eradicate the “polluting” Western ...

On June 1st, all music that doesn’t fall between 80 to 116 beats per minute will be banned in the Russian republic. On June 1st, all music that doesn’t fall between 80 to 116 beats per minute will be ...

In the Russian republic of Chechnya, it’s now illegal to play any music that doesn’t fit into a very specific range of tempos. In the mostly-Muslim region, authorities have banned any music that isn’t ...

While women are free to wear apparel with masculine accents in most countries, that is no longer the case in the Russian republic of Chechnya, where the government has banned apparel with "masculine ...

At the beginning of April, an elaborate exchange was played out in Chechnya’s capital, Grozny, when federal Investigative Committee head Aleksandr Bastrykin visited the region in Russia’s North ...