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Georgia Makes Eurovision U-Turn


Georgia will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow in May, Georgian public TV has announced.

After the war with Russia, Georgia said it would boycott the Song Contest, which as last year's winner Russia will host.

But according to the report Georgia has decided to participate, citing "requests" from the European Broadcasting Union, the organizer of the Song Contest.

The Georgians shouldn't expect the Russians' vote though. That's going to the U.K.

-- David Kakabadze/Luke Allnutt

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