Kanye West Reportedly Plans to Meet With Vladimir Putin and Stage Sunday Service Performances in Russia

The Donda era took a somewhat surprising turn on Tuesday, with Ye now reported to be planning a trip to Russia during which he’s aiming to meet with Vladimir Putin.

Additionally, per Billboard, Ye is planning to stage multiple Sunday Service experiences while in the country. Citing comments from “confidant and strategic advisor” Ameer Sudan (pictured below), the artist formerly known as Kanye West will also be working on business-related matters while in the region.

In the future, at least according to Sudan, Ye will be spending “a lot of time” in Russia. The country, he added, will become a “second home” for the artist. Sudan is reportedly working with attorney Scott Balber (managing partner of Herbert Smith Freehills’ New York office) on travel arrangements. The two, as further claimed in Tuesday’s Billboard report, are said to be “acting as liaisons” between the Yeezy founder and so-called “Trump of Russia” Aras Agalarov and his son Emin.

Aras is a real estate developer with ties to Trump, namely in connection with a Miss Universe competition in Moscow back in 2013. In more recent years, that pageant has become an oft-mentioned aspect of speculations surrounding Trump’s relationship with Putin.

“I had a great weekend with you and your family,” Trump said in an Associated Press-cited tweet (dated Nov. 11, 2013) directed at Aras. “You have done a FANTASTIC job. TRUMP TOWER-MOSCOW is next. EMIN was WOW!” The former POTUS, however, is no longer on the platform due to being permanently suspended following last year’s fatal Capitol riot.

Last November, notably, Ye referred to himself as “Young Putin” during a widely excerpted interview with Drink Champs.

Complex has reached out to a Ye rep for comment and will update this post accordingly.

This story is being updated.