{"id":28195,"date":"2013-08-06T09:08:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T05:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=28195"},"modified":"2013-08-06T09:08:05","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T05:08:05","slug":"lady-gaga-madonna-facing-punishment-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=28195","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga, Madonna Facing Punishment in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/gty_gty_gaga_madonna_kb_130804_16x9_608.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28192\" alt=\"gty_gty_gaga_madonna_kb_130804_16x9_608\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/gty_gty_gaga_madonna_kb_130804_16x9_608.jpg\" width=\"608\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/gty_gty_gaga_madonna_kb_130804_16x9_608.jpg 608w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/gty_gty_gaga_madonna_kb_130804_16x9_608-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/gty_gty_gaga_madonna_kb_130804_16x9_608-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a>Pop stars <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/entertainment\/music\/lady-gaga.htm\">Lady Gaga <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/entertainment\/music\/madonna-singer.htm\">Madonna<\/a> are facing punishment in <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/russia.htm\">Russia<\/a> after authorities determined they violated their visas when they held concerts there last year.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, the artists were not allowed to work in Russia on their tourist visas, but experts say it appears the visa warning is a veiled attempt punish the pop stars for their vocal support of gay rights in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into their visas came at the urging of a lawmaker who has spearheaded Russia\u2019s anti-gay campaign.<\/p>\n<p>During concerts in St. Petersburg last year, both Lady Gaga and Madonna denounced the city\u2019s harsh anti-gay law from the stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, this is my house Russia. You can be gay in my house,\u201d Lady Gaga said during her performance in December.<\/p>\n<p>A few months earlier, Madonna made similar comments during her concert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGay people here and all around the world have the same rights,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Those comments have landed the pop stars in hot water in Russia. The two have been accused of spreading what the law calls \u201cgay propaganda\u201d under St. Petersburg\u2019s anti-gay law.<\/p>\n<p>Russia hasn\u2019t announced any plans to prosecute the pop stars, but if convicted they could face steep fines or even be banned from entering the country.<\/p>\n<p>So far there has been no response yet from either Lady Gaga or Madonna.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop stars Lady Gaga and Madonna are facing punishment in Russia after authorities determined they&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,224,149,137],"tags":[1894,1997],"class_list":["post-28195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-news","category-russia","category-world","tag-lady-gaga","tag-madonna","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}