Video of Participants of the national selection for Eurovision are unable to answer “Whose Crimea?”Photo: Screenshot from video NTU

Now the sisters Anna and Maria opanasyuk claim to participate in the Eurovision song contest

22.02.19 168000

Native occupied Crimean Peninsula, Anna and Maria opanasyuk the TV channel ATR refused to talk about the annexation of Crimea by Russia. They stated that they would not speak on political subjects, but noted that “before Putin will not act”. The Duo claim to participation in the Eurovision song contest. About it reports TV channel ATR.

Participants of the duet ANNA MARIA became the finalists of the National selection for the Eurovision song contest in 2019 and caught in a scandal, taking part in an interview in the Crimean Tatar channel ATR.

They could not really answer, exactly when did the Second world war and whether they consider it Second world. Also dodged the question leading to the question “Whose Crimea?” refusing to answer the question of the occupation of Crimea by Russia in 2014.

Also, the sisters refused to recognize the aggression of Russia against Ukraine. “We will not speak the phrases that you expect us to hear… what Happened is that there were two boundaries – Ukrainian and Russian. And all the smart people will make conclusions themselves,” said one of the sisters, commenting on the events of March 2014.

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The sisters also said that the journalist Roman Skrypin “covered policy”, but did not comment on the fact that their father until his retirement he held the post of judge in an already occupied Crimea, and that their mother and now holds the position of “Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea” and has a medal of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation “For the return of the Crimea”.

“Listen, we’re not running for President of Ukraine. To this question we would not answer because we are not politicians. We are not members of the Secretariat of the President, to answer such complex political issues. Singers do not need to talk about politics,” summed up sister.

64 the Eurovision song contest will be held in may 2019 in Israel, thanks to the victory of Netta Barzilai last year in Kiev. Semi-finals scheduled for 14 and 16 may and the final will take place on may 18. The last time Israel hosted Eurovision in 1979 and 1999.

As previously mentioned the Focus on the Eurovision song contest:

  • This is not the first scandal associated with the participants, one of the hopefuls, MARUV, stated that in April is going to visit Moscow and Saint Petersburg tours.
  • And Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Vyacheslav Kyrylenko said that the tour in Russia of Ukrainian artists should not represent Ukraine at the song contest “Eurovision-2019”.