He ordered the revival of the format popular in the 60s and 1970s of the 20th century almost three years after the exclusion from Eurovision.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the organization of the international music competition called Intervision on Monday. He ordered the revival of the format popular in the 60s and 1970s of the 20th century almost three years after the exclusion from Eurovision. This is reported by TASR, according to AFP and TASS reports.
The international organization of television broadcasters, mostly the Eastern Bloc, including Poland and Czechoslovakia, was an international international organization, and after the end of the Cold War it merged with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
EBU, as the organizer of the Eurovision song competition, excluded Russia in May 2022 as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. Since then, her representative cannot compete and has no rights to broadcast it.
According to the presidential decree, the Kremlin plans to organize a competition in Moscow to develop international cultural and humanitarian cooperation. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Černyšenko was appointed chairman of the organizing committee.
Presidential Plenipotentiary Mikhail Švydko reported last year for TASS that the competition will be held in September 2025.
Russia has tried to restore the format of the song competition interview after the collapse of the Soviet Union several times. As part of Eurovision, it competed in 1994 – 2021 and after winning the singer Dima Bilan with the song “Believe” in 2008 there was a competition in the following year at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow.
Russian Senator Lilija Gumerova told TASS on Monday that the intervention will be an “opportunity to promote real music” and not “false values that are strange to every normal person”. She criticized the Eurovision for competing for artists as Austrian transsexual singer Conchita Wurst.
