Authorities in Russia's republic of Chechnya have imposed limits on music tempos to abide by strict cultural norms in the Muslim-majority region. From now on all musical, vocal and choreographic works should correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats
per minute, Chechnya's Culture Ministry said in a statement earlier this week. The new tempo standard, which is relatively slow in the context of popular music, was announced following Chechen Culture Minister Musa Dadayev's meeting with local
state and municipal artists. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov had instructed Dadayev to make Chechen music conform to the Chechen mentality, according to the statement. Local artists were ordered to rewrite their music by June 1 to accommodate
the changes. Otherwise, they would not be allowed for public performance, the Culture Ministry wrote on the messaging app Telegram. | 
