Lady Gaga accused of Russian visa breach
Pop superstar Lady Gaga broke immigration laws in Russia by performing for money while in the country on a tourist visa, according to a leading politician.
The singer performed in Saint Petersburg last year (12) as part of her world tour, and she was later accused of illegally promoting gay rights while on stage.
A senior local politician previously demanded a probe into alleged
immigration breaches by another superstar, Madonna, and now he is
asking Russian authorities to also look into Gaga's paperwork.
Vitaly Milonov, a member of the Legislative Assembly of St.
Petersburg and a key supporter of the city's gay propaganda ban,
has filed a request with the Prosecutor General's office to
investigate suspicions the two pop stars had only been issued
standard visas which did not allow them to earn money while in the
country.
A spokesman for the Prosecutor General's office has appeared to
confirm the immigration breach, saying, "The visas issued were of
the basic cultural exchange sort, which does not grant their
bearers the right to engage in any commercial activity."
The cases could now be forwarded to the Foreign Ministry and the
Federal Migration Service for further investigation.