{
  "id": 10998206,
  "title": "Russian police reportedly investigate organizer of canceled Kanye West concerts in St. Petersburg for possible fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/russian-police-reportedly-investigate-organizer-of-canceled-kanye",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T17:14:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/30/russian-police-reportedly-investigate-organizer-of-canceled-kanye-west-concerts-in-st-petersburg-for-possible-fraud"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "St. Petersburg police are investigating the organizer of Kanye West's canceled concerts in the city for potential fraud, according to Kommersant. The inquiry is being conducted by St. Petersburg’s Petrogradsky district police, with the gathered information to be sent to Moscow for further review by Russia’s Interior Ministry. The investigation follows complaints from ticket buyers who allege fraud by the event organizers, Say Agency. The concerts were scheduled for October 10 and 11 at Gazprom Arena, with tickets priced between 9,000 and 160,000 rubles. Despite selling over 100,000 tickets, the event was canceled amid backlash over West's controversial remarks about Adolf Hitler and Nazi symbols. Say Agency maintains the contracts and approvals were in place, but ticket holders are now demanding refunds and compensation for their losses.",
  "summary": "Police are looking into possible fraud involving Moscow-based Say Agency, which was organizing concerts in Russia for rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye, Kommersant reported, citing an anonymous source.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Kanye West’s St. Petersburg concerts are officially canceled. Ticket refunds begin October 12.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/kanye-wests-st-petersburg-concerts-are-officially-canceled-ticket",
        "published": "2026-09-30T18:25:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}