Russia Boycotts Kyiv-hosted Eurovision Event Over Contestant Kerfuffle
FILE - Russian singer Yulia Samoylova is shown March 14, 2017.
KYIV, UKRAINE —
Russia's leading state broadcaster has announced plans to boycott the Eurovision 2017 song contest after the host country, Ukraine, barred Russia's contestant, wheelchair-bound singer Yulia Samoylova, from entering the country.
Kyiv's decision in late March to ban the 28-year-old Russian paraplegic vocalist stemmed from her June 2015 performance in Crimea, where she appeared without the approval of Ukrainian authorities after Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula.
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The singer is in a wheelchair, one feels bad for her. Couldn't they make an exception.
