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Chechnya's Cultural Crackdown: Banning Music Across Various Genres and Tempos

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Source: POLITICO Europe
Chechnya's Cultural Crackdown: Banning Music Across Various Genres and Tempos
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Chechnya has banned songs by Taylor Swift, Drake, and Beyoncé in a cultural crackdown, while French President Macron is set to acknowledge France's failure to prevent the Rwanda genocide on its 30th anniversary. Additionally, Denmark fired its defense chief after a warship malfunctioned in a battle with Houthi militants, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu admitted to the killing of 7 aid workers in a Gaza airstrike despite coordination with the IDF.

Topics:worldmusic-and-politics#beyonce#chechnya#cultural-crackdown#drake#music-and-politics#taylor-swift
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  1. Which of your fave Taylor Swift, Drake and Beyoncé songs has Chechnya banned in culture crackdown?  POLITICO Europe
  2. Chechnya bans techno as cultural crackdown intensifies  Semafor
  3. Chechnya bans fast techno, rave music and music too slow  The Telegraph
  4. Chechnya 'bans music that is too fast or too slow'  Sky News
  5. Chechnya Forbids Music Outside 80-116 BPM Tempo  The Moscow Times

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