“We all, of course, hope that music can be outside of politics and should be outside of politics.
But, unfortunately, it is very difficult now to exist in some kind of airless space.
One way or another, all this news agenda puts a lot of pressure on music - both on artists, and on critics, and on those who promote music as well.
Such situations have arisen and will continue to arise, because the situation has recently been quite tense in international relations, there is no getting away from this, ”Legostaev said.
Nevertheless, according to him, it would be reasonable to give all the reins of government to the organizing committee of the competition in matters concerning the scoring of the Eurovision participants.
“They should figure out how to 'steer' this wonderful competition ... and understand what would be ideal for people to watch this competition, participate in it, enjoy it and, if possible, try to abstract from the 'hot news "When they listen to music and watch music festivals," said the expert.
He also added that to date, there have been no precedents for depriving any country of the right to evaluate competitors within the Eurovision Song Contest.
“It seems to me that if a country participates in a competition, it should accept the rules of the game, which are the same for everyone, and not demand any preferences for itself.
But here, again, everything remains at the discretion of the organizing committee ... The ball is now on their side - and I would very much like this situation to be resolved as prudently as possible, ”concluded Legostaev.
Earlier, a member of the Ukrainian professional jury, Igor Kondratyuk, said that the Eurovision organizing committee should decide to ban Ukraine and Russia from evaluating each other's performances at the show.
In his opinion, it is "immoral" for Ukraine to evaluate Russia.