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    EuroNews, France
    May 21 2013

    Joint probe into Russia's Eurovision votes `stolen' in Azerbaijan

    21/05 16:42 CET

    Russia and Azerbaijan are joining forces to investigate a Eurovision
    scandal that saw votes for Russia's entry vanish.

    Moscow's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described as `outrageous'
    the revelations by Azerbaijan that although its country's voters had
    put Dina Garipova's ballad second, she got `nul points' instead of
    ten.

    At a joint news conference in Moscow, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister
    Elmar Mammadyarov spoke of his government's `shock' when the data was
    published.

    On Monday Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev ordered an inquiry. The
    head of the country's public broadcaster said he was `very worried and
    surprised' by the breakdown of the votes.

    Eurovision fans in each of the 39 countries voted by text or phone and
    their collective votes counted 50-50 with those of a professional
    jury.

    Russia's ten `lost' votes made no difference to the final outcome. Its
    song came fifth, 17 points behind fourth-placed Norway.

    http://www.euronews.com/2013/05/21/joint-probe-into-russia-s-eurovision-votes-stolen-in-azerbaijan/




    From: A. Papazian
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