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Pedro Sánchez warns against "double standards" after Russia was banned from the song contest in 2022.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/64434221

Pedro Sánchez noted Russia has been banned from the contest since 2022 following its invasion of Ukraine, and said there should not be “double standards”.

  • brot@feddit.orgEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    The russian broadcasters left the Eurovision Broadcasting Union and participation in the Eurovision Song Contest is open to all EBU members. So it’s not a thing of “why is Russia still banned”, but Russia left the European Television Network in order to do whatever they are doing. ESC is only a small part of that.