Russian media claims that Kanye West has arrived in Moscow. If true, the US rapper’s presence within the metropolis could be a propaganda coup for dictator Vladimir Putin.
Most Western stars have shunned Moscow – as soon as a money-spinning venue for performers – for the reason that begin of Russia’s conflict towards Ukraine two years in the past.
Footage allegedly reveals West within the Moscow subway, with the Moskvichka showbiz outlet claiming the rationale for his go to was to mark the birthday of Russian designer Gosha Rubchinsky, and never for a live performance.
Different movies allegedly confirmed him at a 5 star lodge near the Kremlin, following a reported arrival by non-public airplane.
This comes after West and his spouse Bianca Censori have been noticed in Paris and Tokyo this month.
Russian media claims that Kanye West has arrived in Moscow. He’s allegedly pictured above
Footage allegedly confirmed Kanye West within the Moscow subway, a seize of which will be seen above
Kanye West’s spouse Bianca Censori disregarded considerations about her risqué gown sense across the rapper’s youngsters as she headed out for a procuring journey in Tokyo on Thursday
Kanye West and Bianca Censori attends the Prototypes Menswear Spring/Summer time 2025 present on June 19
Distinguished producer Yana Rudkovskaya was amongst these claiming West had touched down within the Russia: ‘Kanye West is already in Moscow! That is tremendous information!
‘Staying within the very coronary heart of the capital! Fingers crossed for the present at Luzhniki! [stadium].’
Earlier she had claimed the American star would seem in Moscow for a live performance in autumn.
‘I’m concerned on this,’ she boasted, but there was no official affirmation – and there have been denials of any instant efficiency.
Putin-controlled state media outlet RIA Novosti claims West is in Moscow, as does the conflict channel Zvezda, which is taken into account a mouthp, which is spearheading the conflict towards Ukraine.
Luzhniki stadium denied Kayne West would give an imminent live performance.
Certainly one of West’s representatives has beforehand denied that the rapper would come to Russia to make the nation his ‘second residence’ as claimed by Russian media in 2022.
West’s consultant Pierre Rougier informed Rolling Stone that these claims have been ‘fully fabricated’.
If confirmed as true, West’s presence in Moscow could be seen by many as a lift for the Putin regime.
However one shut Putin backer – unofficial ethical guardian Ekaterina Mizulina, 39 – insisted in Might that the star shouldn’t be welcomed in Russia.
‘We do not want any Kanye West together with his bare lady,’ she mentioned. ‘We’ve got sufficient of our personal ‘bare’ events.’
However different Putin loyalists imagine it could be a triumph to have the distinguished singer ultimately performing in Russia.
The Australian architect–turned–spouse and muse of Kanye West was noticed out in an ultra-revealing outfit during which she eschewed a high in favour of bandage-like halter suspenders that solely coated her nipples whereas out in Paris this month
Different movies allegedly confirmed him at a 5 star lodge near the Kremlin, following a reported arrival by non-public airplane
The Moskvichka showbiz outlet claimed the rationale for his go to was to mark the birthday of Russian designer Gosha Rubchinsky (pictured with Kanye), and never for a live performance
Putin-backing TV presenter and media supervisor Tina Kandelaki, 48, claimed in Might: ‘Kanye will quickly be with us… Our Russian manufacturers are already stitching swimsuits with a fleece for the spouse of the outrageous musician.’
She claimed to rival broadcasters her TV channel already had rights for a Kanye West tour to Moscow.
‘I need to warn you that each one rights to a doable broadcast of the live performance are already within the fingers of TNT, don’t attempt to lure our abroad comrade to your camp,’ she mentioned.
Mizulina, a London-educated artwork historian, heads the Secure Web League, created to censor the net and ‘struggle prohibited content material’ in Russia.
She is daughter of a fanatically pro-Putin and anti-Ukrainian senator, and was reported final month to have ‘change into shut’ to Putin with rumours of a romantic hyperlink. She is on the forefront of his drive to return Russia to conventional values.
