Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday to organize this year of the international song “Intervision” – as it is called – after Russia’s exclusion from Eurovision due to its attack on Ukraine.
A competition called this was organized in the Soviet era between the allied countries of the Soviet Union. After its collapse, Russia has repeatedly attempted to revive the event.
According to the Russian President’s decree, this alternative music competition, called Intervidenié in Russian, is expected to be held in Moscow with the aim of “developing international cultural and humanitarian cooperation”. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernichenko was appointed head of the event.
Last year, President Putin’s envoy to international cultural cooperation Michael Svidkoy had stated that the competition would be held in September 2025 and that “nearly 20 countries” are ready to participate, including BRICS, organizations in which countries participate in countries Emerging economies such as China, India and Brazil, and members of the Commonwealth of Independent Countries, which belong to the countries of the former USSR affiliated in Moscow.
The Kremlin Decree does not specify the date of the competition.
The Intervision song contest was organized in the 1960s and 1970s, mainly with Eastern Bloc countries, including Poland and Czechoslovakia. However, other countries have participated.
After the collapse of the USSR, Russian television broadcast several broadcasts with the same name on a smaller scale.
In 2014, Russia had announced its intention to revive the competition.
Russia participated in Eurovision from 1994 to 2021, sending some of its biggest music stars to the competition. In 2008 he won with Dima Bilan and his song “Believe”. Moscow then hosted the competition at the Olympic Stadium in 2009.
Russia was ruled out by Eurovision in 2022 after its attack on Ukraine. Russian officials have strongly and repeatedly criticized Eurovision, mainly for the participation of the Austrian Drag Queen singer Kontsita Vourt, winner of the competition in 2014.
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