Namuhla kungenzeka ukuthi umhlanganyeli waseRashiya ongumncintiswano womculo wonyaka "Eurovision-2017" waziwa. Umqashi oneminyaka engu-32 ubudala we-show "Golos" u-Alexander Panayotov uzoya eKiev. Izindaba zakamuva zaziwa ngenxa yomkhosi "uKhisimusi eRosa Khutor" eSochi, owasakazwa bukhoma ku-Channel One.
Ukuphathwa komsakazo womculo walesi siteshi esiphakathi obhekene nokusakaza kwe-Eurovision kuya eRussia kuvunyelwe ukhetho luka-Alexander, futhi kungakapheli inyanga kuzodlulisela kubahleli bomncintiswano eKiev. Unyaka wesibili womncintiswano ukhethwe ngokuqondile ngesikhathi somhlangano wekomidi lokuhlela, hhayi ngokukhethwa kukazwelonke, njengakuqala. U-Alexander Panayotov usabesaba ukucabanga ngokuhlanganyela okuzayo emncintiswaneni odumile:
Ngizojabula ukumelela izwe lethu emncintiswaneni - kimi ngidumo olukhulu. Kodwa kuze kube manje angifuni ukwenza noma yiziphi izinhlelo.
U-Alexander wanezela ukuthi, njengoba engumdabu waseZaporozhye wase-Ukraine, usekulungele ukukhuluma kusuka eRussia "ngenjongo yokuhlanganisa, ukubuyisana, ngoma ingoma eyoqhaqhaza izinhliziyo zonke."
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kunikezwe isimo sengqondo sokubandlululwa kwabahluleli enkulumweni kaSergei Lazarev ngonyaka odlule, umncintiswano olandelayo eKiev awuqinisekisi ukuthi umuntu obambe iqhaza waseRussia uzokwazi ukuwina. Ngakho-ke kungani kufanele sihambe lapho? Akulula yini ukungayinaki lesi senzakalo, kanjalo sibonise isimo sayo sengqondo kwipolitiki engenakwenzeka yomncintiswano womculo?
U-Koszon Kobzon ukholelwa ukuthi iRussia kufanele izinaki i-"Eurovision" eKiev
Umbono ofanayo uhlanganyela ngumculi odumile uJoseph Kobzon. Umculi ukholelwa nokuthi akunakwenzeka ukunikeza u-Alexander Panayotov noma omunye umuntu "ukuba aqothulwe emasopi aseMelika".
Esikhathini sakhe uKobzon wazama ukufakazela ukuthi uhulumeni omusha wase-Ukraine akanamahloni, unembeza:
Nami, ngivela e-Ukraine nangaphansi kwenombolo yokuqala ohlwini lwalabo abavinjelwe ukungena. Ngingumakhelwane ohloniphekile wemadolobhana angu-18 e-Ukraine, Umculi Wabantu futhi anikeze nazo zonke iziqu zezinsiza zakhe kuleli zwe. Kodwa lokhu akubavimbeli ukuba bangadli udaka kimi. Awunakulindela noma yini enhle kulaba bantu. Ngicabanga ukuthi akanalo ithuba lokuwina.