Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For most people today, the word Chechnya immediately brings to mind Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader who governs the ...

The Russian Republic of Chechnya is looking to ban music above or below a certain BPM—below 80 and above 116 BPM—in a bid to maintain cultural integrity through music, which will affect pop music, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

While Kremlin-appointed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov reportedly circles the drain with a terminal diagnosis of necrotizing pancreatitis, the spotlight has shifted to his three notorious sons, ...

More than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two films premiering in the Venice Days sidebar of the Venice Film Festival explore a different conflict that embroiled ...