Russian singer entry ban 'unfair'

moscow - Russia calls the admission of Ukraine to the singer Yulia Samojlova to the Eurovision Song Contest 'unfair' and 'a blow to the image' of the song contest. Kiev put the artist on the entry ban as they traveled to the Crimea from Russia for action. Russia expects Ukraine to reconsider the decision.

Russia annexed the Crimea in 2014. In Ukraine there is a hefty prison sentence on traveling to the Crimea on Russian territory. Samojlova would have occurred in the city of Kerch in the Crimea in June 2015 and then came from Russia.

A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry called the decision 'cynical and inhuman,' not only against Samoilova, but against Russia as a whole. It is a slap in the face for the country keen correct in Kiev to win the victory.

Spicy is that Ukraine won the Eurovision Song Contest last year with a political song that deals with the expulsion of the Tatars in Crimea by Soviet leader Stalin. When Russia tried to stop the Ukrainian entry, because political songs are prohibited at the festival. Cynical is that Russia several months ago offered to organize the festival, because the organization in Ukraine is a mess.

At the EBU European Broadcasting dome, which organizes the annual event, one is 'deeply disappointed. '' This goes against everything that the contest for state, 'laments a spokesman. The event should just take care of union between countries. The EBU says the Ukrainians to stay busy.