• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    They should have been thrown out once it got clear that their response to October 7 turned into a genocide.

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        5 days ago

        This is not the reason why they should be out. They are a part of the EBU and therefore eligible.

        The war and genocide is a clear violation though and got Russia kicked pretty fast when they invaded Ukraine

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          4 days ago

          They should be thrown out of EBU and any other European association a long time ago.

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            They’re a long time affiliate member of the EBU and big Eurovision fans, they were invited for the 60th Eurovision (IIRC) to mark the event and they’ve just stuck around.

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              And I am really glad they did. They often brought some cool stuff on the stage.

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                This, it would be interesting to extend this special status and have a different guest country every year.