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Ugly turn in geopolitics: Ukraine bars Russia’s top singer from Eurovision finals in Kiev


LONDON — Ukraine has barred Russia’s contender in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest from entering the country for three years, effectively banning her from the final in Kiev next month.
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said Wednesday that Yulia Samoylova had been banned for breaking Ukrainian law.
“The Security Service of Ukraine has banned the citizen of the Russian Federation Yulia Samoylova from entering the country for a period of three years,” said Olena Gitlianska, an SBU spokesman.
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Source: National Post

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