It’s been a tense run-up to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, everyone’s favorite night of glitz, glamour and novelty trampolines. Russia’s proposed act, Julia Samoylova, fell foul of a Ukrainian travel ban because she’d visited occupied Crimea, causing her country to withdraw from the contest, rather than send another act or have her perform via satellite.
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Staff members test the stage at the International Exhibition Centre in Kyiv on April 28 ahead of the Eurovision 2017 song contest that will be held in the Ukrainian capital from May 9 to 13.
