Public Television of Azerbaijan issued a statement in which it said that the voices given to the Russian singer Dinah Garipova voice by Azerbaijani viewers were not taken into account: "Russia has performed this year with a beautiful room and a strong performer. We believe that the high rating given to Azerbaijani audience on the basis of SMS voting, as well as the assessment of the national jury, placed the Russian singer song contest "Eurovision-2013" is not adequate to the announced score. "
Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbul oglu in an interview with the "Bulletin of the Caucasus", said that in fact the Azerbaijan gave Russia 10 points, but these voices have gone missing. What exactly happened - is unknown, but the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has already given the order to sort out this unpleasant incident.
Currently, he said, Azerbaijan is a recount and it turns out the number of calls.
Garipova took fifth place in the competition, and in the final count of votes from Azerbaijan she was not given any points. - 0 -
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- Economics
- 22 May 2013 16:39
Economics
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