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The
on music that is too up-tempo or too down-tempo is to protect Chechnya's
and traditions. The Moscow Times said it was, "to root out any
of Westernization". Chechnya's
, Ramzan Kadyrov, said the ban was to make music, "conform to the Chechen
". He added: "Borrowing musical culture from other people's is inadmissible." Musa Dadaev, Chechnya's culture minister, said: "We must bring to the people and to the
of our children the cultural heritage of the Chechen people." Local
have until June the 1st to rewrite their
to follow the new tempo. People in Chechnya will no
be able to listen to
music, or many songs by Beyonce, Drake and Taylor Swift.