Russia will not broadcast Eurovision

Russian broadcaster Channel One will not broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest next month because the countrys competitor has been barred from host country Ukraine. Russias decision removes any chance of it competing this year, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said. Ukraine is refusing to allow Julia Samoilova to perform at Eurovision because she has visited Crimea, the peninsula seized by Russia in 2014. The EBU has condemned the ban. It says Ukraine is undermining the non-political nature of the contest. The union, which produces Eurovision, said it had offered...The post Russia will not broadcast Eurovision appeared first on New Telegraph Newspapers.
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