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Eurovision win lifts spirits in Ukraine,raises eyebrows in Russia
KIEV/MOSCOW: Ukrainians hailed their country’s unexpected victory in the Eurovision song contest as a Europe-wide endorsement of Ukraine in its smouldering conflict with Russia, while Moscow said the contest had been hijacked by politics. Ukrainian singer Jamala overtook the bookmakers’ favourites, Russia and Australia, to lift the...
Ukraine Hails Its Eurovision Winner, Russia Cries Foul
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko is heaping public praise on Ukrainian singer Jamala, after her surprise win Saturday over a Russian entry in the wildly popular Eurovision song contest. Poroshenko, writing on Twitter, said he personally congratulated the 33-year-old performer, whose winni… …read more Source: The Chosun...
Ukrainian singer’s win at Eurovision raises eyebrows in Russia
The singer, herself of Crimean Tatar descent, had drawn parallels in interviews to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. …read more Source: The...
Singer Jamala’s Eurovision win lifts spirits in Ukraine, raises eyebrows in Russia
Ukrainians have hailed their country’s unexpected victory in the Eurovision song contest as a Europe-wide endorsement of Ukraine in its smouldering conflict with Russia, while Moscow said the contest had been hijacked by politics. …read more Source:...
Ukraine wins Eurovision song contest
Ukrainian singer Jamala snatched victory from arch-rival Russia to win the Eurovision song contest on Saturday, adding a touch of political drama to the annual kitsch extravaganza. …read more Source: Channel...
‘Politics beat art’: Russian officials bash Ukraine Eurovision win
MOSCOW, Russia – Russian lawmakers on Sunday, May 15, lashed out at arch-rival Ukraine’s “political” victory in the Eurovision song contest, as pro-Kremlin media insisted Moscow’s entrant was robbed. Ukrainian performer Jamala won the glitzy contest Saturday, May 14, with her ballad “1944” about the deportation...
Ukraine’s Jamala wins Eurovision Song Contest
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Eurovision Song Contest: Ukraine’s Jamala wins competition
Ukraine’s Jamala has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, held in Stockholm, Sweden, reports BBC. The country scored 534 points with its song 1944, about the deportation of Crimean Tatars under Josef Stalin. Australia finished second with 511 points, while Russia – which was the favourite going into the competition – was third...
‘Politics beat art’: Russian officials bash Ukraine Eurovision win
MOSCOW: Russian lawmakers on Sunday lashed out at arch-rival Ukraine’s “political” victory in the Eurovision song contest, as pro-Kremlin media insisted Moscow’s entrant was robbed. Ukrainian performer Jamala won the glitzy contest Saturday with her ballad “1944” about the deportation of the Crimean Tatars by Soviet authorities during...
Ukraine’s Jamala wins 2016 Eurovision song contest
Ukraine’s Jamala struck a surprise gold in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with a song “1944” about war-time deportations of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union in one of the most controversial winners in the competition’s history. In a show known down the years for its playfulness and camp, 32-year-old Jamala struck a sombre...
