Trump's Russian Pop Star Pal Cancels U.S. Tour Over Probes

Emin Agalarov fears detention amid ‘anti-Russian hysteria’
Agalarov’s billionaire father hosted Trump’s Miss Universe

Emin Agalarov, left, Donald Trump and Aras Agalarov in Nov. 2013.Photographer: Victor Boyko/Getty Images

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By Stepan Kravchenko and Henry Meyer

January 21, 2019 at 4:49 PM UTC

Updated on

January 22, 2019 at 9:12 AM UTC

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Emin Agalarov, the Moscow pop star who arranged the now-infamous Trump Tower meeting in New York at the height of the 2016 election campaign, abruptly canceled his U.S. tour, citing the risk of being detained.

Agalarov said he’s ready to answer any question as part of U.S. probes into alleged Russian election meddling but couldn’t get assurances regarding freedom and safety before his now-abandoned swing through the U.S. He’d been due to perform in New York on Jan. 26, followed by shows in Toronto, Miami and Los Angeles.