MOSCOW: The Kremlin said Thursday that it hoped Kiev would reconsider its decision to ban a Russian singer from the Eurovision Song Contest over a past performance in Russia-annexed Crimea.
“The decision from our point of view is absolutely unfair, it’s unfortunate. And we hope all the same that it will be reconsidered,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.
Ukraine’s security service on Wednesday imposed a three-year entry ban on Russia’s participant Yuliya Samoilova for illegally entering Moscow-annexed Crimea to take part in a 2015 gala concert.
The Kremlin hopes Kiev will reverse the decision “ahead of the contest and the Russian participant …read more
Source: theSun
