THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Russia's Muslim Chechen Republic is moving to ban non-alcoholic energy drinks like red bull as "un-Islamic," it has been reported.
Chechnya's increasingly draconian interpretations of Islamic law, with alcohol all but banned and women required to wear head scarfs in state buildings, has drawn criticism that the North Caucasus republic is introducing laws that are often in breach of the Russian constitution.
"Energy drinks are comparable to beer," Rukman Bartiyev, Chechen deputy health minister said. » | Roland Oliphant in Moscow | Tuesday, July 19, 2011
