Russia has positioned a Ukrainian singer who gained the 2016 Eurovision Music Contest on its sought after listNovember 20, 2023, 8:21 AM ET• 2 min readMOSCOW — Russia has positioned a Ukrainian singer who gained the 2016 Eurovision Music Contest on its sought after record, state information companies reported Monday.The reviews stated an Inner Ministry database indexed singer Susana Jamaladinova as being searched for violating a prison regulation.The impartial information web page Mediazona, which covers opposition and human rights problems, stated Jamaladinova used to be charged underneath a regulation followed final 12 months that bans spreading so-called faux details about the Russian army and the continuing preventing in Ukraine.Jamaladinova, who plays underneath the level title Jamala, is of Crimean Tatar descent. She gained the 2016 Eurovision contest with the track “1944,” a identify that refers back to the 12 months the Soviet Union deported Crimean Tatars en masse.Her successful efficiency got here nearly precisely two years after Russia annexed Crimea as political turmoil gripped Ukraine. Maximum different nations regard the annexation as illegitimate.Russia protested “1944” being allowed within the pageant, pronouncing it violated laws towards political speech in Eurovision. However the track made no explicit grievance of Russia or the Soviet Union, despite the fact that it drew such implications, opening with the lyrics “When strangers are coming, they arrive to your home, they kill you all and say ‘We’re now not accountable.’”
