Ngokujwayelekile, ekupheleni konyaka, abahleli be-Eurovision Song Contest ethandwayo bamemezela uhlu lwamanye amazwe abambe iqhaza. Okwamanje umkhosi uzoba ePortugal kusukela ngo-8 kuya ku-12 kuMeyi. Izwe elibambe iqhaza lisanda kumemezela uhlu lwabahlanganyeli be-"Eurovision-2018", ehlanganisa neRussia.
Ukukhumbula okuhlangenwe nakho okudabukisayo konyaka odlule, lapho ukuphathwa komncintiswano wamazwe ngamazwe kwenzeka ngesikhathi sabahleli be-Kyiv be-Eurovision-2017, abaningi sebevele bebuza ukuthi ngabe iRussia kufanele ihlanganyele ku-Eurovision Song Contest 2018, noma kubalulekile ukwenqaba ukubonisa ukuthi iqhaza emncintiswaneni, imithetho lokho kushintshela ezombusazwe.
U-Stanislav Govorukhin ngokuhlanganyela kwi-Eurovision Song Contest-2018: "Kumelwe silondoloze isithunzi sethu"
Umbono wakhe ngalolu daba waboniswa nguStanislav Govorukhin, uSihlalo weKomidi leDuma likaHulumeni. Umqondisi odumile uyaqiniseka ukuthi iRussia kufanele inqabe ukuqhubeka iqhaza emncintiswaneni wezopolitiki:
Ngicabanga ukuthi, njengoba sesifika ebusweni, okwesibili akusekho isidingo. Kumele silondoloze isithunzi sethu nenqabe ukuhlanganyela kulokhu kuhla.
Kunzima ukungavumelani neGovorukhin. Abaningi basakhumbula kahle ukuthi, kuze kufike umzuzwana wokugcina, abameleli be-European Broadcasting Union (EBU) bazama ukuthonya abahleli be-Ukraine abenqaba inhlangano yaseRussia eyabamba iqhaza uYulia Samoilova ithuba lokuza eKiev ngonyaka odlule. Khona-ke i-EBU futhi ayikwazanga ukuphoqa i-Ukraine ukuba ihambisane nemithetho ebekiwe.
Ngonyaka odlule, ngesikhathi se-Eurovision-2017 ngenxa yombono wokuvota, uSergei Lazarev ngokushaywa ngokugcwele ngokuthi "Wena Nguwe Yedwa" ubekwe endaweni yesithathu, nakuba ngokusho kwemiphumela yabalaleli abavotayo, ummeleli waseRussia uthole amaphuzu amaningi.
Ngokusekelwe emaqinisweni angenhla, akukho okuqinisekisayo ukuthi ku-Eurovision-2018 umhlanganyeli waseRussia ngeke abandlululwe ngabahleli kanye nejaji. Abangane, futhi ucabanga kanjani - ukwenza iRussia idinga ukubamba iqhaza ku-"Eurovision-2018" nemincintiswano elandelayo? Vote bese ushiya amazwana akho ngezansi. Siphawula ku-Zen le ndaba 👍 futhi sihlale siqaphela zonke izinkathazo nezisulu zokuhweba ibhizinisi.