Enye yalezi zinsuku, umongameli wase-Ukraine, uPyotr Poroshenko, enkulumweni yakhe ngokubaluleka kokunqoba e-Eurovision, uthe ukubunjwa kukaJamala kwakubizwa ngokuthi "iCrimea yethu". Isitatimende somholi wase-Ukraine samangala kakhulu umculi we-video owawuthandwayo u-Anatoly Sharia, owathola ukukhoseliswa kwezombusazwe eYurophu eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule ngenxa yokushushiswa ezweni lakubo.
Umlobi wezindaba wase-Ukraine wanquma ukuthola ukuqinisekiswa kwamazwi kaPeter Poroshenko, futhi waphumelela. U-Anatoly Shariy uphumelele ukuthola esiteshini se-YouTube ividiyo eqoshwe emakhonsathini ku-Jamala ngonyaka odlule. Emidlalweni engamaminithi ayisishiyagalombili okuthiwa "uJamala wenza izingoma ezintsha kwiqembu le-requiem ngo-Meyi 18", umculi wenza phambi kwehholo eligcwele ingoma ayenzile emncintiswaneni wase-Stockholm kulo nyaka.
Ngemuva kwamahora amathathu ngemuva kokuphuma kwezindaba zakamuva ezivela ku-Anatoly Sharia ku-Web, ividiyo ka-2015 isusiwe esiteshini, kodwa abasebenzisi abaningi be-Inthanethi baphumelele ukwenza amakhophi wokusebenza komculi. Ngokungeziwe, ividiyo ethunyelwe ku-YouTube yahlala endabeni ka-Anatoly Sharia:
Ingoma kaJamala e-Eurovision 2016 yayizofaneleka kabili
Kusukela ngosuku lokuqala, njengoba kwaziwa ukuthi umculi wase-Ukraine uJamala uzokwenza emncintiswaneni womculo womhlaba wonke ngengoma ethi "1944", impikiswano engezansi yezingoma zezingoma zezepolitiki ayiyekanga kwi-intanethi.
Njengoba kuyaziwa, enye yezimfuneko ze- "Eurovision" ukungabi khona kwamacebo ezombusazwe nama-manifestos emibhalweni yezingoma ezibandakanya emncintiswaneni. Abahleli be-Eurovision 2016, beshiya ingoma ethi "1944" ukuba babambe iqhaza emncintiswaneni, abazange banqatshelwe i-Ukraine ngenkani. Kamuva, umculi ngokwakhe uqinisekisile enkulumweni yocingo nama-prankers ukuthi ingoma yakhe inencazelo ehluke ngokuphelele kunezindaba zomuntu siqu zomthetho.
Ngemuva kophenyo luka-Anatoly Sharia, kwacaca ukuthi i-Ukraine ayinalo ilungelo lokubamba iqhaza emncintiswaneni ngengoma ethi "1944", njengoba le ngoma ethi "I-Crimea yethu" yayingeyona entsha. Imithetho ye-"Eurovision" ithi izingoma amazwe azithumela emncintiswaneni kumele zibe zisha, okungukuthi, zingenziwa kuze kufike kuSepthemba 1 wonyaka odlule. Ngakho-ke, umculi wase-Ukraine waphula ngamabomu imithetho ngokuthumela umncintiswano womculo wamazwe omhlaba owawenza isikhathi eside ngaphambi kosuku lokugcina.