U.S. rapper Kanye West has arrived in Moscow for the birthday celebrations of designer Gosha Rubchinsky.
The information adopted rumors final month that West will carry out a live performance in Moscow.
Western artists have principally stopped performing in Russia because the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which led to huge U.S. and European sanctions on Moscow, in addition to journey restrictions to the nation.
Kanye West, who has stirred controversy together with his political statements in the US and was lately accused of praising Adolf Hitler, has expressed admiration for President Vladimir Putin previously.
“Kanye West is already in Moscow! That is nice information, he’s staying within the coronary heart of the capital,” the state TASS information company quoted Russian tv presenter Yana Rudkovskaya as saying on social media.
However Luzhniki Stadium, the place he was rumored to carry out, informed state media it doesn’t have data on potential live shows by the well-known rapper.