“Crimea is Ukraine, I went to Ukraine” Alina Pash told about her trip to the occupied Crimea
The singer said that in 2015 she flew to the Crimea via Moscow.
Finalist of the national selection for “Eurovision-2022”, singer Alina Pash confirmed that in 2015 she went to the Crimea, but did so by bus from Ukraine, not through Moscow.
That’s what she’s talking about she said February 5 during the “Eurovision Dressing Room” program on “UA: First”.
According to the singer, after watching her interview with Kateryna Osadcha for the Secular Life program, people had a false impression of how she got to the Crimea in 2015.
«Catherine caught me at Fashion Week in the hallway, at the epicenter of the hustle and bustle, I was in a hurry. She asks me quite curiously, she says that such information has appeared on the Internet, I trick her, I try to catch the context, but in the end I do not give a clear answer. There is a false impression that I got to the Crimea in general“, – said Alina Pash.
She said that at that time she worked with a cover band, toured a lot. «The day before, I flew through Moscow from Istanbul and, returning home, got on a bus and drove to Yalta with friends. From Yalta, I have already written my angry post about how I lost a family heirloom on a previous trip, on a previous flight. We went to Yalta for a wedding to Ukrainians. There are still a lot of them there and I try to support them as much as I can. At that time I was going to a wedding. My position is clear – we have been at war for eight years, Russia is an aggressor, Crimea is Ukraine, I went to Ukraine “Said the singer.
According to her, she also did not speak in the words of Russia. Alina Pash said that in 2018, Bosco Fresh Fest from the Moscow innovation center “Skolkovo” received inquiries, managers dealt with this information, “but we didn’t go anywhere, we stayed at home “.
today, in 2019, Katya Osadcha asked Alin Pash that she “flew to the Crimea via Moscowthat contradict the law of Ukraine». The singer replied that she wanted to go to a Ukrainian girl and sing her Ukrainian songs. «Due to the way we flew there, unfortunately, I could not fix this moment and was powerless in this case. Being not such a media person at the time, I could not think of such consequences, which could then come out“Alina Pash said then.
In the rules of national selection for participation in the song contest “Eurovision-2022” family: «4.5. The participant meets the requirements of these Rules and guarantees that: did not perform concert activities, performances, participation in any public and / or private events organized by government agencies, institutions, economic entities, etc. of the aggressor country or in the aggressor country, in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and / or in the other occupied territory of Ukraine after 15.03.2014 and does not plan, will not use announcements of relevant speeches (s) both in the period before and during the Selection and in the Selection period until the Final date;
– did not enter the territory / exit from the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and / or temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions in violation of the legislation of Ukraine».
The singer gave a public guarantee that her performance in 2015 for the whole year took place on a private Ukrainian in the Crimea, and crossing the border of the event with the parties of Ukraine. The Public did not see this as a violation of the requirements of the national selection for “Eurovision-2022”.
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