“Russia’s exclusion from this large-scale singing event will be a powerful one response by the international community of public broadcasters to the unacceptable aggressive and illegal actions of the Russian Federation and support for the hostile aggression policy of the country’s state broadcasters “, concludes the statement sent to Delphine Ernotte Cunci, President of France Television and the EBU that organizes Eurovision.
Although l’hashtag #Eurovision without Russia has found wide consensus among many European media, the EBU has in any case decided not to accept the request, however, justifying its decision with what is written in the Eurovision Song Contest regulations, which defines it as “an apolitical event, therefore unrelated to any faith or political opinion of individuals “and adding:” All participating broadcasters, including the host broadcaster, will be responsible for ensuring that all necessary measures are taken within their respective delegations and teams to safeguard the interests and integrity of the ‘ESC and to ensure that the ESC is not under any circumstances politicized and / or exploited and / or otherwise brought into disrepute in any way. The participating broadcasters will respect the EBU and ESC values at all times and will guarantee that no competitor, delegation or country is discriminated against and / or ridiculed in any way “.
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