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.
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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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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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And Stalin is there because he won WWII.
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But why is Lenin there?? What does the banner say?
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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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“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)
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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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“I felt some pity towards Russian Eurovision female singer.”
I feel very bad for her irrespective of her political positions.
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