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24th March 2017
07:49pm GMT

"The Security Service of Ukraine banned from entering Ukraine citizen of the Russian Federation Julia Samoylova for three years. The decision was taken on the basis of the information on her violation of laws of Ukraine."It is illegal for anyone to enter Crimea through Russia without passing through Ukraine or receiving permission from the Ukrainian government, under Ukraine law, and with the above Facebook post, the Ukraine security service shared images of Julia Samoylova performing in Crimea. Following a lot of back and forth between the European Broadcasting Union and Channel One/VGTRK Media (the folks who choose the Russian Eurovision entry), the EBU released a statement that said they were offering Samoylova the opportunity to perform for her country via satellite. Channel One declined the offer, and stated that Samoylova would also represent Russia in the 2018 Eurovision contest, regardless of where the competition would be taking place.
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