A number of countries refuse to “Eurovision” in the case of banning women from Russia

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Russia’s participation in Eurovision is still under question. This year our country at competition was supposed to represent the 27-year-old Yulia Samoylova, from his childhood confined to a wheelchair. However, the security Service of Ukraine has banned the actress to enter the territory of the country within three years, because that in 2015, spoke in the Crimea.

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On March 29 the Director-General of the European broadcasting Union Ingrid Deltenre (Ingrid Deltenre) stated that it reserves the right to deny the Ukraine to carry out international music contest “Eurovision 2017”. The representative of the EBU believes the Ukrainian ban on entry Samoilova “totally unacceptable”, but the Ukrainian authorities have not changed their decision.

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31 March, the European media published a new message Ingrid Deltenre in which she appeals to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groisman. The Director General of the European broadcasting Union said that several countries intend to refuse to participate in Eurovision if the contest will not be allowed the contestant from Russia.

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“If you confirm entry ban for Russian singer Yulia Samoilova — it will definitely have a large negative impact on the international reputation of Ukraine as a modern, democratic European country. We are also concerned about the possible negative consequences that would result from this incident, the Eurovision song contest and the EBU in General. This situation causes dissatisfaction among our members — broadcasters from Europe, we have already received a number of messages criticizing the decision of the SBU and noting that these countries are considering the possibility of refusal from participation in the competition” — quoted by Ingrid Deltenre portal life.ru. The response from Kiev should come today.

Recall that the semi-finals of “Eurovision” will take place on 9 and 11 may, the final on 13 may. The competition will take place in Kiev.

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