The Flame is Still Burning: Russia may still compete in Eurovision 2017

As you may have heard, yesterday Ukraine confirmed the planned ban on Russian performer Julia Samoylova. Long story short, the Ukrainian Government has banned Russian artists who support the 2014 annexation of the Crimean peninsula by banning them from entering the country. As this is a governmental ban irrelevant, and beyond the scope of Eurovision,…

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Russia confirms their Eurovision act: Julia Samoylova to Kyiv!

With most of the 2017 songs now selected, one of the countries who was particularly quiet over the national final season was Russia, however now, we have confirmation that they will indeed be participating at Eurovision this year, and that Julia Samoylova will be flying the flag in Kyiv. Julia was selected internally by the…

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