Culture

April 18, 2024 17:28

• Analysts link scandal around music tempo in Chechnya to poor professionalism of idea authors

  The initiative of subordinates of the head of Chechnya to limit the tempo of Chechen national music was intended to demonstrate their importance, but due to officials' low professionalism the initiative resulted in Kadyrov's apologies, analysts believe.

April 16, 2024 17:10

• Tourist’s photo in Kaspiysk inflames moral fighters

  A resident of Kaspiysk took a photograph of a tourist in a bathrobe resting on a balcony of a local hotel, after which moral fighters distributed the picture on social networks. The tourist said she would file a lawsuit, while social media users wrote comments criticizing moral activists for invading the tourist’s privacy.

April 14, 2024 10:55

• Kadyrov explains his demand for the tempo of musical compositions

  The resolution on the tempo of musical works concerns only national Chechen melodies and has no relation to the Russian anthem, compositions of certain genres and music of other nations, the head of Chechnya has explained.

April 07, 2024 20:14

• Chechen authorities impose strict limits on tempo of musical works

  According to the new rules, all musical and dance compositions in Chechnya must comply with a certain tempo, the republic’s Minister of Culture announces.

January 22, 2024 18:19

• Fight for morality at Derbent school results in prosecutor's check

  The Dagestani Prosecutor's Office (PO) has reported about a check conducted in connection with the information about violations of schoolchildren's rights in Derbent. High school students at one of the schools were persecuting teenagers whose clothes and appearance, in their opinion, were immoral.

January 02, 2024 23:54

• Derbent townspeople dispute in social networks about New Year celebrations

  Mass New Year celebrations in Derbent, like the holiday itself, were inappropriate amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, some commentators have stated in the local public.

December 09, 2023 23:57

• Caucasus experts treat the cost of undertaking Hajj as unaffordable

  This year, the cost of making a Hajj trip starts at USD 4900. According to Caucasus experts, this cost is unaffordable for most residents; they will have to rely on sponsors who could pay for their trip.

November 08, 2023 23:46

• Muscovites oppose construction of mosque announced by Kadyrov

  The appearance of the mosque, the construction of which was announced by Ramzan Kadyrov, will aggravate transport problems in the Moscow district of Yuzhnoe Butovo, local residents have stated. Moscow authorities have assured that the construction decision has not yet been made.

July 26, 2023 19:28

• Analysts point to the inadmissibility of forced reconciliation of blood feudists in Chechnya

  The authorities' and clergymen's efforts in Chechnya to reconcile the blood feudists can be assessed as positive, but the reconciliation should not be forced, analysts have noted.

July 25, 2023 23:26

• Photo session in Makhachkala museum sparks wrath of morality zealots

  A girl dressed in jeans and a tank top has starred in a photo made against the backdrop of the panorama "Storming the Village of Akhulgo" at the Makhachkala Museum. Social network commentators have treated her clothes as too open.

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