The Russian Interior Ministry's registry of wanted persons on November 20 shows that popular Ukrainian singer Susana Dzhamaladinova, who is also known as Jamala and is of Crimean Tatar origin, was added to the list in mid-October on a charge of distributing "fake" information about Russia's armed forces involved in Moscow's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Mediazona reported. Earlier this month, a Russian court issued a warrant for Jamala's arrest, Mediazona says. In 2016, Jamala won the Eurovision song contest for performing a ballad that described the brutal 1944 Soviet deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea to Central Asia. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Crimea.Realities, click here.
Russia Adds Jamala, Popular Ukrainian Singer Of Crimean Tatar Origin, To Its Wanted List
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