Samoilov called ridiculous threat of a ban on participation in “Eurovision”
MOSCOW, 18 Mar — RIA Novosti. Singer Yulia Samoylova, who will represent Russia at “Eurovision-2017”, called funny threats to the Ukrainian authorities not to allow her to participate in the contest due to the fact that she previously played in the Crimea.
Such a statement she made in an interview to TV program “Vesti on Saturday”.
“It’s kind of funny, and I don’t understand what the fuss is about. Was a totally normal concert… I don’t know, to me somehow it’s strange,” said the singer, adding that the Crimean event was a lot of artists, including from the United States.
Commenting on speculation that the participation in “Eurovision” is a PR move, Samoilov stressed that on its account there was always prejudice.
“How many people, so many opinions”, stressed the singer.
The choice of Yulia Samoilova as representatives of Russia to participate in “Eurovision-2017” has caused negative reaction from the Ukrainian authorities. So, in the Parliament threatened not to let the actress in the country and urged to bring her to justice for a visit to the Crimea. Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin, in turn, called the decision to submit Samoilov “provocative”. Thus a press-Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov reminded that Eurovision is going to sing, not make political statements. He added that there is nothing provocative in the selection of the Russian entry no.
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Who is Julia Samoylova and why she will go to Eurovision-2017На Eurovision song contest-2017 in Kiev, Russia will be represented by Yulia Samoilova. She will perform with the song “the Flame Is Burning” in English.
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