RUSSIA   –  Russian senator has said that a Ukrainian singer’s victory in the Eurovision Song Contest was a case of politics prevailing over art, and has suggested Russia skip next year’s contest in response, Russian state media reports.

Jamala of Ukraine won a politically charged edition of the annual event in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday night with her performance of “1944,” a somber but controversial song that evoked Moscow’s deportation of members of her Crimean ethnic group during World War II. But many listeners saw the song as a rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 2014 military push into Ukraine, when Russia annexed Crimea. The song was labeled anti-Russian by Russian media last week. Russian Senator Frants Klintsevich told reporters Sunday that Jamala’s victory sent an alarming signal, and questioned the future of the contest, state news agency RIA Novosti reported. .(CNN.COM)…[+]