{
  "id": 9619209,
  "title": "How the Founder of Lady Gaga’s Biggest Fan Site Ended Up in Prison",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/how-the-founder-of-lady-gagas-biggest-fan-site-ended-up-in-prison",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T20:02:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Pitchfork",
    "slug": "pitchfork",
    "url": "https://pitchfork.com/story/how-the-founder-of-lady-gaga-biggest-fan-site-ended-up-in-prison/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kirill Nguyen, the founder of Lady Gaga's popular fan site Gaga Daily, returned from prison after being detained in Belarus. The fan site, which he had established nearly two decades ago, had been inactive since February 2024. Nguyen had attended a protest in Belarus in 2020, a country where Alexander Lukashenko had been re-elected for a sixth term as president amid widespread election fraud. In 2023, Nguyen visited his family in Belarus and was subsequently arrested by state police forces. Upon his return, Nguyen expressed surprise at the overwhelming support he received from fans, some of whom had been regular visitors to the site since its inception in his teenage years.",
  "summary": "Gaga Daily’s Kirill Nguyen is free—and streaming Mayhem—after being detained for protesting the Belarusian government",
  "key_points": [
    "Kirill Nguyen founded Lady Gaga's fan site Gaga Daily nearly 20 years ago.",
    "Nguyen arrested in Belarus in 2023 after attending a protest in 2020.",
    "Released from prison after being detained in Belarus."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}