“We have no right to check - neither we nor the (TV channel) STB,” Alasania quotes UNN as saying.
At the same time, he noted that in the agreement with NOTU there is a signature of the selection participants, according to which they are notified that they should not have performed concert activities in Russia or entered the territory of Crimea in violation of Ukrainian law.
According to him, the artist’s signature is “an obligation to accept the conditions that ... are proposed for participation in the competition”.
Previously, NOTU announced the start of the selection for Eurovision 2020 and a change in the rules for participation in this selection. Artists who have been giving concerts in Russia or visiting the Crimea since 2014 cannot officially go to the competition from Ukraine.
According to the management of the STB television channel, the broadcaster came to such a decision after last year’s final. This is a scandal involving the singer Maruv: during the selection, the jury was embarrassed by her tour in Russia, and after the victory she refused to represent the country at Eurovision because of the “enslaving conditions” of the contract.
More details in the material RT.