Manizha, who represented Russia in 2021.
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As Russia invades Ukraine, the country’s tennis stars have been competing in the Dubai Tennis Championships and the athletes of the Russian Olympic Confederation recently wrapped the 2022 Winter Games. But come May, Russia won’t be represented on the stage at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest. The European Broadcasting Union announced on February 25 that Russia will not have an act in the competition — in a reversal from just a day before, when the EBU called Eurovision a “non-political cultural event” and said Russia could compete. “The decision reflects concern that, in light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine, the…
