(c) EBU

Today was a busy day about Russia in Eurovision 2017! This is what happened ->

Julia from Russia was chosen by the Russian broadcaster to represent the country in Kyiv! Due to Ukrainian law it's not allowed to enter the country of Ukraine, when the person who wants to enter Ukraine was on Crimea the past years and went there from Russia. Julia performed there back in 2014. That's why she's not allowed to enter the country of Ukraine as it seems for now.

However, the Russian broadcaster already said, that they want to send her in 2018, if she can't represent Russia in Kyiv this year!

This is the statement of the EBU:

We'll see what happens in the next time. Fingers crossed, that this might have a happy end. In the end we're all there to celebrate the music <3