{
  "id": 14306166,
  "title": "Organizers of Kanye West’s canceled St. Petersburg concerts say prosecutors found no evidence of fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/organizers-of-kanye-wests-canceled-st-petersburg-concerts-say",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T22:18:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/14/organizers-of-kanye-west-s-canceled-st-petersburg-concerts-say-prosecutors-found-no-evidence-of-fraud"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Prosecutors concluded there was no evidence of fraud in the organization of Kanye West's concerts in St. Petersburg, according to a report by <source>. Say Agency, the event organizers, stated that investigators found no evidence of fraud because there is no evidence of fraud, as reported by <source>. The agency's CEO, Anna Subcheva, said law enforcement officers had received answers to all their questions, further confirming there was no evidence of fraud, as quoted by <source>. The inquiry into the organizers' actions began after a ticket buyer filed a complaint, and two concerts at St. Petersburg's Gazprom Arena were scheduled for October 10 and 11, with over 100,000 tickets sold, reported by <source>. Pro-war activists and lawmakers voiced their opposition to West's visit to Russia, and the Kremlin also considered canceling the concerts, as mentioned by <source>. Gazprom Arena allegedly never agreed to rent the venue and later removed announcements of the concerts from the rapper's website, reported by <source>. Say Agency canceled the concerts in late September, and ticket holders began requesting refunds and compensation for travel expenses and emotional distress, as stated by <source>. Many fans paid up to 160,000 rubles for the concerts, now questioning how they can get their money back, reported by <source>.",
  "summary": "Prosecutors found no evidence of fraud in a review of Say Agency, which was organizing rapper Kanye West’s concerts in St. Petersburg.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}