A Eurovision winner who has been added to Russia’s wished record says the Kremlin is mendacity about her and making an attempt to “scare” her – as she voiced fears for her household’s security.
Ukrainian singer Susana Jamaladinova – who performs beneath the identify Jamala and received the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016 – is accused by Moscow of spreading false info concerning the Russian armed forces.
She was charged beneath a legislation launched in 2022, which bans spreading “fake” details about the Russian army and the continued combating in Ukraine, in line with the Russian unbiased information web site Mediazona.
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Describing how she felt when she realized of the fees, Ms Jamaladinova instructed Sky News: “I used to be upset solely due to my kinfolk.
“I don’t care much about myself because [performing] is my way of using my voice to help my country and tell the truth.
“It’s such a nerve-racking factor for my household, for my mother and father, children. I fear about them.”
Ms Jamaladinova, who is of Crimean Tatar descent, won Eurovision with her song 1944 – which Russia unsuccessfully campaigned to have banned from the annual contest.
The title refers back to the yr that the Soviet Union deported almost 200,000 Crimean Tatars from Crimea.
Her profitable efficiency got here virtually precisely two years after Russia annexed Crimea and political turmoil gripped Ukraine in 2014.
In the years since, Ms Jamaladinova has carried out 1944 all over the world. She identified that her travels are very seen on Instagram, ought to Moscow be making an attempt to trace her down.
“Three days ago I was in Washington,” she mentioned.
“Five days ago I was in Paris. You know, you can find all the information about me.”
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Ms Jamaladinova launched an album titled Qirim, which suggests Crimea, earlier this yr and instructed Sky News that authorities might have visited her kinfolk round that point.
“I heard rumours someone came to my relatives in Crimea and tried to frighten them,” she mentioned.
“[They’re] trying to stop me or scare me… but I strongly believe that as an artist, as a musician, as a songwriter, I can be real and live my life as I want.”
Ms Jamaladinova mentioned latest occasions had proven that “music can speak and convey the truth”.
“And the truth is the truth,” she added.
“There is no getting away from it.”
Source: information.sky.com”