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Answer to the Riddle

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What the people in the photo want to do is . . .

. . . wait for it. . .

. . . mega drumroll . . .

. . . wait for it some more . . .

They want to win the Eurovision.

This is the Russian Eurovision team upon its arrival in Portugal for the contest. The lady in the wheelchair is the singer and the people around her are her team.

8 responses to “Answer to the Riddle”

  1. Dreidel Avatar
    Dreidel

    Okay, but what’s the significant of the Leninist banner, and who are the uniformed men in the old newspaper photographs?

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      These newspaper photographs are the heroes of WWII. Russians feel that Europeans are not grateful enough to them for defeating Nazism. So they are trying to remind the world of this eternal debt of gratitude.

      Yes, it’s nuts. But it’s a major point for them.

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      1. Clarissa Avatar
        Clarissa

        And Stalin is there because he won WWII.

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        1. Dreidel Avatar
          Dreidel

          But why is Lenin there?? What does the banner say?

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          1. Clarissa Avatar
            Clarissa

            It says in Ukrainian, “proletarians of the world, unite!”

            They were also holding the banners of the Russian terrorists in Ukraine, so I guess the point they are trying to make is that Ukraine used to share their ideology.

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    cliff arroyo

    “They want to win the Eurovision.”

    And I’m on the case… (Russia is in the second semi so I’ll cover their brave effort on Friday morning)

    Eurovision 2018 – First Semi-final review

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    el

    I felt some pity towards Russian Eurovision female singer. Is she famous? I have heard about the blind singer, but not about her, so I guess she isn’t that famous and would’ve never been chosen were it not for the political point Russia attempts to make and she must know it.

    Disabled are not in a super good position in Russia, so this seems so fake from them.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      “I felt some pity towards Russian Eurovision female singer.”

      • Let me tell you more, then. The Russians made a video of her song for domestic promotion. The video only features her from the chest up to avoid showing the wheelchair. It’s absolutely shocking because they completely erased her disability. In the video, she is all tarted up like she’s ready to star in the movie “Interdevochka.” It’s like disability is so shameful that you can’t even have it on screen. People’s tender sensibilities should not be hurt by something as tasteless as a wheelchair.

      I feel very bad for her irrespective of her political positions.

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