Russia banned from Eurovision after invasion of Ukraine

Isobel Lewis

February 25, 2022 at 11:20 AM

Russia will no longer perform at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, the European Broadcasting Union has announced.

On Thursday (24 February), organisers of the annual contest announced that they had no plans to prevent Russia from taking part, despite urging by Ukraine’s public broadcaster.

However, on Friday (25 February), the EBU backtracked on this and announced that Russia would no longer be allowed to compete.

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