She responded to allegations that in 2015 she visited Crimea annexed by Russia.
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“I do not want to take part in a virtual war. I don’t want to be part of a dirty story, “wrote a native of the Transcarpathian village of Buštyno on the social network, who celebrates success at home and abroad with songs with ethnic motifs.
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First, she assured that she was privately at a wedding of friends in the Crimea and entered the peninsula legally through the Ukrainian crossing.
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Although she resigned herself, the authorities officially excluded her from the competition. She allegedly presented them with a false confirmation of crossing the crossing.
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Ukrainian singer Alina Pasova
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Three years ago, another Ukrainian singer, Maruv, gave up her participation in Eurovision, refusing to cancel her concerts in Russia.
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The competition is very popular in both countries and in recent years has become one of the detonators in mutual political relations.
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