INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a decree establishing a Russian version of Eurovision, the state-run TASS news agency reported.The
competition, called Intervision, is set to take place in Moscow and the surrounding region later this year
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko has been appointed chairman of the organizing committee, while domestic policy chief Sergei
Kiriyenko will chair the supervisory board.Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in December that more than 25 countries, including several in
Latin America, had expressed interest in participating
its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Many Russian artists have competed in Eurovision, including Alla Pugacheva, Philipp Kirkorov, Little Big
