Morgenshtern announces first concert in 5 years in Yerevan
Rapper Alisher Morgenshtern* will hold a major solo concert in the CIS for the first time in five years.
Consensus
- Alisher Morgenshtern announced a solo concert in Yerevan, Armenia.
- The concert is scheduled for December 19.
- This will be Morgenshtern's first solo concert in the post-Soviet region in five years.
- Morgenshtern made the announcement via his Telegram channel.
- Morgenshtern left Russia in 2021.
- Morgenshtern was added to the Russian Ministry of Justice's foreign agents registry.
- Fans reacted positively to the news.
Points of divergence
- Morgenshtern left Russia at the end of November 2021. — riamo
- Morgenshtern left Russia after a request from the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastykin, to investigate drug propaganda in the 'Pablo' music video. — vm
- Morgenshtern underwent a conversion to Judaism (giurah) in June and changed his name to Israel Yehuda Morgenshtern. — vm
- In May 2022, the Russian Ministry of Justice added Morgenshtern to the foreign agents registry, citing political activity and funding from Yoola Labs Ltd. — riamo
- Morgenshtern received two administrative fines within a year for failing to label posts, leading to a criminal case and an arrest warrant. — vm
- In April, a Moscow court re-arrested Morgenshtern's property in Leonovo village, including a house, land, and a non-residential building. — vm
- Morgenshtern was sentenced in absentia to a fine of seven million rubles. — vm
- There is a possibility that Morgenshtern may lose his property in Russia if he does not pay the fine for violating foreign agent obligations. — riamo
Coverage (2 sources)
- Morgenshtern* announces concert in Yerevan for the first time in 5 years — РИАМО
- Morgenshtern* who changed his name will hold a concert in the CIS for the first time in five years — Вечерняя Москва