amala is a Ukrainian singer, composer and actress whose ethnic background is a Tatar. In this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, Jamala performed her own composition, 1944. This has caused a bit of a stir for the song is about the oppression of the Tatars in Crimea by Stalin. There have been hundreds comments complained on Facebook and Twitter calling it the politicization of the ESC by the public broadcasters. The criticism came from virtually every country in Europe: from Sweden, Italy, France, Poland, Great Britain and Germany, it was noted that the winning song was so political, that a serious suspicion was not overcome.
This post was published at Armstrong Economics on May 15, 2016.
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