The suspension of membership has been announced by the All-Russian State Television and Radio Company (VGTRK), the TV channel “Pervij kanal” and the Radio House “Ostankino”, stating that “this music forum has always emphasized its non-political status”.
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According to the media, this was not the first EBU political interference in the competition, saying that the song “1944” by the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, Ukrainian Crimean Tatar singer Jamala, was considered an “open political manifesto” and the same could be said about excluding Belarus from the competition. In 2021.
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It has already been reported that public service broadcasters in the Baltics have formally approached the EBU on Friday, calling for the immediate suspension of VGTRK and Pervij kanal from the EBU or their complete exclusion from the association.
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Earlier, Ukraine’s state-owned broadcaster UA: PBC called on the EBU to suspend Russia’s membership and ban its representatives from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, citing the Kremlin’s mouthpiece as helping to spread political propaganda and participating in the “systematic dissemination of misinformation” about neighboring country.
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Finland and Estonia also called for Russia to be removed from the list of participants, stating that their representatives would only take part in Eurovision if Russia was not given the opportunity. the main goal is to block Russia’s membership.
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In its turn, the Latvian group “Other Boys”, which will represent our country in the Eurovision Song Contest, addressed the organizers with an official letter asking to ban Russia from participating in this year’s competition and emphasizing that Russia’s aggression is considered unacceptable.
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