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David Stern

David Stern is an independent journalist, based in Kiev, Ukraine.

David Stern is an independent journalist who works with BBC and others.

The winner of the Ukrainian national selection for the Eurovision 2016 Crimean Tatar singer Susana Jamaladynova known as Jamala performs during a concert in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 18, 2016. Jamala will represent Ukraine at the Eurovision with a song name

Russia isn’t happy after Ukraine wins Eurovision contest with a song about past aggression

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The Eurovision competition isn’t supposed to be about politics. But it often creeps in. And this year’s entry from Ukraine, about the Soviet deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944, has Russia crying foul.