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Billboard Magazine reports:

Websites in Russia could be blocked from broadcasting the Eurovision Song Contest in May because of a recent tightening of anti-LGBT legislation that prohibits “propaganda about non-traditional sexual relations,” says Roskomnadzor, the Russian national media watchdog.

Finding “LGBT propaganda” in Eurovision, which takes place May 9-13 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, may not be a difficult task, as Russian officials and legislators have for years accused the contest of promoting “non-traditional sexual relations,” which, they claim, contradicts Russian national values.

Ordinary Russians have been avid viewers of Eurovision, especially since Russian pop singer Dima Bilan won the 2008 edition with the song “Believe.”

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The new edict bars “propaganda about non-traditional sexual relations” and could apply to websites seeking to air the Eurovision song contest. https://t.co/hk5LFIZjxG

— billboard (@billboard) March 31, 2023