(KIEV, Ukraine) — Crimean Tatars on Sunday celebrated Ukrainian singer Jamala’s win at Eurovision with a song that sheds light on their horrific deportations to Central Asia under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin but also hints at their recent treatment under Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Many Russians, whose Eurovision Song Contest entry won the popular vote but finished third when the national juries’ votes were added, said they felt robbed of the win because of political bias.
Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 was condemned by the West and strongly opposed by Crimea’s Tatar minority, who now face persecution in the Moscow-ruled Black …read more
Source: Time
