Moscow // Russian lawmakers on Sunday reacted angrily at arch-rival Ukraine’s “political” victory in the Eurovision song contest, as one pro-Kremlin paper insisted Moscow’s entrant was robbed.Ukraine’s Jamala struck a surprise gold in the glitzy Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with her ballad 1944 about the deportation of the Crimean Tatars by Soviet authorities during the Second World War. The performance was widely seen as a swipe at Moscow over its annexation of the peninsula in 2014.Russian singer Sergei Lazarev – the clear favourite with bookmakers before the contest – was beaten into third place after losing out on the …read more
Source: The National
