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Lithuanian media: Azerbaijan is massively buying votes at
``Eurovision-2013'' song contest (Video)
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/20/az-eurovision/
13:36 20/05/2013 » SOCIETY
Azerbaijan in all countries carried out buying up of votes during the
"Eurovision 2013" song contest, the "buyers" told to Lithuanian
journalists who were carrying out their own investigation, writes the
Lithuanian portal `15min.lt'.
As stated in the article, everything started on Saturday morning when
some students turned to the editorial office and told an amazing
story: Russian-speaking men approached them near the White Bridge in
Vilnius and offered them to a work for money.
`The "work" turned out to be not dusty. It was required to vote for a
specified artist in the evening at "Eurovision-2013" for many times.
For this they would get 20 euro fee. The vote buyers have promised to
provide them with sim cards the account od which was filled up in
advance," the material says.
Students retold the story to `15min.lt' angrily, noting that that's
the way how Russia retains its influence in Lithuania and the vision
that everyone here supports Russia. Lithuania really was giving Russia
rather high scores in recent years.
Journalists `15min.lt' pretended to be greedy citizens and went to
meet the buyers up of votes. They had candid cameras and tape
recorders with them. At the meeting it turned out that the students
had mixed the country; the vote buying was being carried out not for
Russia, but for Azerbaijan.
`15min.lt' says that the buyers-up came to the café, the appointment
place, on time. In about ten minutes of conversation they managed to
present the whole scheme, boasted that the buying up is carried out in
nearly all countries and that no country wins the competition
otherwise for a long time. They almost did not let the reporters to
ask a single question.
"The groups have to be in different places of the city, for the
operators not to have a suspicion that there is a mass voting for one
of the performers from the same point," the buyers noted.
A man who introduced himself as Sergei said that their goal is to
collect as many groups of ten people as possible. Groups should be in
different places in the city, so that the operators did not have a
suspicion that there is a mass voting for one of the participants from
one and the same point. Each of the 10 people should have five phones.
Those who agree to vote get sim cards with filled up account. They
must vote as many times as possible in 15 minutes.
The buyers-up confessed that they had already gathered 8-10 such
groups. "That, probably, meant that there were quite a lot of groups
like this in Lithuania. Each group must have one supervisor, who was
paying for the job; he just checks the number of sent messages and
pays," stated the material.
Asked to prove that they will be paid, buyer-up smugly pulled out a
thick wad of bank notes of five euros, adding that the payment may be
done also in lits.
It is noted that all of this had already been worked out during the
semi-finals. Three groups were working under the supervision of these
specific buyers-up by that time.
A man told without any ceremony that in 15 countries there are such
groups that are working on Azerbaijan. There is no other way to win
the song contest, and that almost all the countries are doing the same
way. When asked how much it cost to win the contest, the man
laconically said, millions.
Journalists issued a video recording of the conversation with the
buyers-up of votes for
Azerbaijan.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JvHwxzXkeo8]
It is noted that Lithuania gave 12 points to Azerbaijan at
"Eurovision-2013" song contest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JvHwxzXkeo8
Source: Panorama.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
``Eurovision-2013'' song contest (Video)
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/20/az-eurovision/
13:36 20/05/2013 » SOCIETY
Azerbaijan in all countries carried out buying up of votes during the
"Eurovision 2013" song contest, the "buyers" told to Lithuanian
journalists who were carrying out their own investigation, writes the
Lithuanian portal `15min.lt'.
As stated in the article, everything started on Saturday morning when
some students turned to the editorial office and told an amazing
story: Russian-speaking men approached them near the White Bridge in
Vilnius and offered them to a work for money.
`The "work" turned out to be not dusty. It was required to vote for a
specified artist in the evening at "Eurovision-2013" for many times.
For this they would get 20 euro fee. The vote buyers have promised to
provide them with sim cards the account od which was filled up in
advance," the material says.
Students retold the story to `15min.lt' angrily, noting that that's
the way how Russia retains its influence in Lithuania and the vision
that everyone here supports Russia. Lithuania really was giving Russia
rather high scores in recent years.
Journalists `15min.lt' pretended to be greedy citizens and went to
meet the buyers up of votes. They had candid cameras and tape
recorders with them. At the meeting it turned out that the students
had mixed the country; the vote buying was being carried out not for
Russia, but for Azerbaijan.
`15min.lt' says that the buyers-up came to the café, the appointment
place, on time. In about ten minutes of conversation they managed to
present the whole scheme, boasted that the buying up is carried out in
nearly all countries and that no country wins the competition
otherwise for a long time. They almost did not let the reporters to
ask a single question.
"The groups have to be in different places of the city, for the
operators not to have a suspicion that there is a mass voting for one
of the performers from the same point," the buyers noted.
A man who introduced himself as Sergei said that their goal is to
collect as many groups of ten people as possible. Groups should be in
different places in the city, so that the operators did not have a
suspicion that there is a mass voting for one of the participants from
one and the same point. Each of the 10 people should have five phones.
Those who agree to vote get sim cards with filled up account. They
must vote as many times as possible in 15 minutes.
The buyers-up confessed that they had already gathered 8-10 such
groups. "That, probably, meant that there were quite a lot of groups
like this in Lithuania. Each group must have one supervisor, who was
paying for the job; he just checks the number of sent messages and
pays," stated the material.
Asked to prove that they will be paid, buyer-up smugly pulled out a
thick wad of bank notes of five euros, adding that the payment may be
done also in lits.
It is noted that all of this had already been worked out during the
semi-finals. Three groups were working under the supervision of these
specific buyers-up by that time.
A man told without any ceremony that in 15 countries there are such
groups that are working on Azerbaijan. There is no other way to win
the song contest, and that almost all the countries are doing the same
way. When asked how much it cost to win the contest, the man
laconically said, millions.
Journalists issued a video recording of the conversation with the
buyers-up of votes for
Azerbaijan.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JvHwxzXkeo8]
It is noted that Lithuania gave 12 points to Azerbaijan at
"Eurovision-2013" song contest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JvHwxzXkeo8
Source: Panorama.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress