Musical Duo Anna Maria was criticized Ukraine because of its position on the Crimea. In an interview with Ukrainian media candidates for participation in Eurovision-2019 refused to recognize the “occupation” of the Peninsula, after which the Parliament urged not to allow them to the finals of the qualifying tournament. The singer took part in it, however, the jury said that I can’t impartially evaluate the performance of the group. In the end, the performer lost in the final. While it won Maruv any claim due to her touring in Russia, therefore her participation in a music competition are also under question.
- Duet Anna Maria
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Finalists selection for the Eurovision song contest-2019 Anna and Maria opanasyuk appeared in the scandal center after the interview to one of Ukrainian TV channels. In conversation with journalists the actress refused to acknowledge the “occupation” of Crimea.
“We will not speak the phrases that you want us to hear,” Maria told TV channel ATR.
In her words, “smart people” will be able to draw a conclusion as to part of which country is a Peninsula. Anna added that Ukraine Crimea “lost”.
“We can endlessly say that Crimea is our, but we are going there in two bounds,” she concluded.
The Verkhovna Rada urged not to allow Anna Maria to participate in the preselection-2019. As stated by the MP Borislav Birch, the unwillingness of the group to recognize the Ukrainian Crimea indicates that for them, “loyalty to the Kremlin is more important”.
“Therefore say to the girls who don’t know who and want to preserve the career of their parents good-bye and make a choice from the remaining,” said Birch in Facebook.
Later during the final selection, the jury and host continued asking singers of belonging of the Crimea and brought the girls to tears.
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“And if I ask you, whose Crimea, and the question will drive you to a fork, this will put an end either to your career, either for my mother”, — said the presenter of the First channel of Ukraine Serhiy Prytula.
On the question of the leader girl said that between the competition and the parents would have chosen family. However, they stressed that they were born in the Crimea, have not broken any laws or went to concerts in Russia.
The mother of the girls, Larisa opanasyuk, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Peninsula. She stated that she supports the position of daughters.
“I’m pretty proud of them because they are very adequately acted very openly and honestly, the way they think and the way I think many in the Crimea and Ukraine”, — said Larisa opanasyuk in the ether REN TV.
According to Ukrainian media reports, the father of the singers, Alexander opanasyuk, until 2016, he occupied the position of judge judicial Board on criminal cases of the Supreme court of the Crimea.
Note that the data about the parents of artists have contributed to the database of the site “Peacemaker”.
In the debate about the position of the Anna Maria participated jury member and Eurovision winner for 2016, singer Jamala, who said that he could not impartially judge the performance of Anna Maria. In his speech, they remembered the interview of the singers, which was the reason for follow-up questions on the status of Crimea.
- Jamal
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“How can you say in an interview that the Crimea is just the birthplace? There is only one answer… Crimea is Ukraine”, — said Jamal.
The results of the voting duet Anna Maria received fewer points than five other finalists. The selection was won by the singer Anna Korsun, acting under the stage name Maruv.
In the Crimea declared that will be glad to see Anna and Maria opanasyuk. This was stated by the head of the Crimean Public chamber Grigory Ioffe.
“The fact that these two young singer did not lead to political provocation, what they said very sincerely, without getting into the political wilderness, says that they are worthy and very real Crimean”, — told RIA Novosti Ioffe.
In his opinion, now the singers have to go through serious trouble in the Ukraine.
“But they need to remember that you will always be able to return to Crimea and will be very loved by people and krymchanka,” said Joffe.
- © Anna-Maria Opanasyuk
“Listen to society”
We note that the jury had questions and Maruv, as the singer went on tour in Russia. The national public broadcaster of Ukraine have to decide whether she will represent Ukraine on Eurovision song contest in 2019.
“Now we have to approve or agree on the winner, who will travel from Ukraine. And we, as public broadcasting, listen to the society. In society today there are different opinions: by with concert activity in Russia, could represent Ukraine. In our contract there is a clause that we need to discuss with Maruv,” said member of the management Board of the company Alexander Koltsov TV channel “gromadske of TV”.
- Maruv
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According to her, Maruv should provide answers to questions of the organization during the day, and the final decision the company will take 48 hours.
Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Vyacheslav Kyrylenko said that the country at the Eurovision song contest-2019 needs to present artists who do not go on tour in Russia. The politician claims that the national selection for the competition was “part of Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine”.
“The representative of Ukraine can not be an artist who is touring in the state aggressor, plans to do in the future and do not see anything unacceptable. So the story of the participant from the Ukraine is still far from complete,” wrote Kirilenko on Twitter.
Later it became known that Maruv offered a contract, which as one of the requirements specified refusal to tour in Russia. This is the Agency TASS.
Member of the final selection, the singer Yulia Yurina, who performs under the stage name Yuko, expressed the desire to obtain a Ukrainian passport.
“Yes, of course I have a desire to receive Ukrainian citizenship,” said Yurina during the final selection, adding that he knows of the need in this case to take a Russian passport.
Maruv became a victim of Ukrainian politics, told RT, a source in the party “Samopomich”.
“Why Ukrainian artists not to perform in Russia? We are not at war, moreover, Russia remains the largest trading partner of Ukraine. The society is in chaos, and the participants of the song contest have to answer strange questions about whose Crimea”, — declared in party.
In turn, a source in the party “national front” noted that the Ukrainian artists are forced to perform in Russia because of the state of industry at home.
“Concerts, the audience does not go, they have no money. What should artists earn what money to write hits? Ukraine simply cannot afford highly qualified specialists”, — the interlocutor told RT.