Ukraine may withdraw from the music contest “Eurovision” because of the lack of financial resources, this writes the newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
According to the newspaper, the leaders of Ukrainian television earlier warned that the organization of the contest may be “so expensive” that Ukraine will be “unable to take the contest in 2017″.
About the financial problems in connection with holding of “Eurovision”, according to The Daily Telegraph, now also shows occurred on 1 November, the resignation of the head of the National television company of Ukraine Zurab Alasania. Its the main reason the newspaper calls the financial crisis in the country.
according to the publication, the contest of the Ukrainian government has allocated £14 million of This amount to The Daily Telegraph calls “modest”, compared with £48 million spent in 2012, the organizers of “Eurovision” in Azerbaijan.
Earlier, on 1 November, former CEO of National television company of Ukraine Zurab Alasania said in interview to the edition “Ukrainian truth” that the budget of the TV company for 2017 will not allow to organize the international musical contest. “To overcome the resistance of the bureaucracy is extremely difficult, we did not complain, but now we just lost,” said Alasania, adding that first, responsible for the organization of the competition Ukrainian national television company “will not be able to hold “Eurovision” 2017,” and secondly, “and your future” put “under threat”. “That’s why we do publicity and attract attention. This is not blackmail or trade. I’m not going to bargain, I was just leaving,” explained ex-CEO of the reasons for my resignation.
In may last year, the representative of Ukraine, singer Jamal won the “Eurovision”, held in Stockholm. Her song was dedicated to the deportation of the Crimean Tatars. In September it became known that for the next music competition Ukraine Kiev chose.
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