MOSCOW, June 30 If American rapper Kanye West renounces US citizenship, you can apply for a Russian passport, State Duma deputy Sultan Khamzaev said.
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“The artist Kanye West, who is now in Moscow, may ask for political asylum if something happens. <…> Provided that he renounces American citizenship, we can petition to be given a Russian passport,” he noted.
Deputy urged not to forget that rap is a protest, resistance to the way people of a different culture, faith and ethnicity were treated in the United States.
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"Through music, people showed their true attitude to the political world order around them. Against the ruling clans in the USA and their anti-colonial policies,” noted Khamzaev.
In turn, State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov said in a conversation with that Russian citizenship is not a souvenir or a badge for a foreigner as a keepsake.
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"Our citizenship can be obtained by birth or deed. Thousands of guys from different countries at the front prove by deeds that they deserve to be citizens of our country,” the parliamentarian emphasized.
As reported Previously, State Duma deputy Elena Drapeko, if Kanye West wants to obtain Russian citizenship and asks for it, then he may be given such an opportunity.
Earlier on Sunday, producer Yana Rudkovskaya announced the rapper’s arrival. She also noted that his show could take place at Luzhniki. At the same time, the information center of the concert venue stated that the artist’s performance is not planned.
As PR manager of the Moscow restaurant “Beluga” Dina Dudieva reported, Kanye West and Russian fashion designer Gosha Rubchinsky celebrated the latter’s birthday at the establishment.
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