Russia has placed a Ukrainian singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 on its wanted list, Russian government authorities said on Monday.
According to these sources, singer Susana Jamaladinova was listed in a database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as suspected of violating a criminal law..
This was reported by the independent news website Mediazona, which reports on opposition and human rights issues Jamaladinova was charged under a law passed last year that bans the spread of false information about the Russian armed forces and the ongoing war in Ukraine. started on February 24, 2022.
Susana Jamaladinova, a descendant of Crimean Tatars whose stage name is Jamala, won the Eurovision Contest in 2016 with the song “1944” – a title referring to the year the Soviet Union deported Crimean Tatars en masse.
His winning performance came almost exactly two years after Russia annexed Crimea (2014), at a time when Ukraine was in a situation of political turmoil. The majority of the international community considers the annexation illegal.
Russia protested the inclusion of the song “1944” in the competition, arguing that it violated the rules against political speeches in the Eurovision Song Contest. However, the song makes no specific criticisms of Russia or the Soviet Union, although these are implicit and the lyrics begin: “When strangers come, they come to your house, they kill you all and they say, ‘We are not guilty’.”
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a military offensive in Ukraine that, according to UN data, caused the worst refugee crisis in Europe since World War II (1939-1945) and caused a large number of casualties, not only military but also civilian, impossible to count as long as the conflict continues.
The invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by most of the international community, which responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and Russia impose political and economic sanctions. .
Source: DN
