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175. Eurovision part 2
The Allusionist
The EBU's Decision to Refuse to Run Eurovision Live
Russia had already been the object of a lyric controversy in the 2007 contest. Ukraine's entry written and performed in spectacular silver garb with the number 69 on the back by Verka Saduczka was dancing Lasha T Mumbai. The EBU didn't rule against it nor did they check their Mongolian dictionaries because Lasha Tumbai is not Mongolian for any kind of turns dairy. In 2016 the EBU did overrule Russia's complaints that they were being targeted by Ukraine's entry in 1944. What happened in 1944? Stalin forced all the Crimean Tatas to leave Crimea. Some 200,000 people were deported. Thousands died on their 3,000 kilometer journey - many
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