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Originally Posted by LukeB
it's in a different language so I can't read 
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"Russia abandons Eurovision. This was reported Russian Prime Minister Dmitrie Medvedev, who has confirmed to Associated Press that the decision was made after the victory of Ukraine on 14 May.
"This is not the best song, if not dirty people, politics and LGBT sect. Therefore we will not participate in 2017," he argued. Public television, so far, has not ruled on the matter.
The country is leaving after this year got a third with the song "You Are The Only One" of Sergey Lazarev."