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The organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest fined the Ukrainian delegation for wearing T-shirts printed with the logo “Free Azovstal Defenders” during the event, Ukrainian artist Alyona Alyona said in an Instagram post published May 14. Ukraine’s Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil won third place at the 68th Eurovision competition on May 12 with their song “Teresa & Maria.” According to Alyona Alyona, the Ukrainian delegation chose to defy Eurovision’s ban on political messaging by wearing shirts calling for the release of imprisoned Azovstal defenders, the soldiers who defended Ukraine’s last str…

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