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Azerbaijan can be deprived of the right to participate in
``Eurovision'' song contest for three years
20:40 23/05/2013 » SOCIETY
Azerbaijani `ITV' channel which broadcast the "Eurovision-2013" can
either be deprived of participating in the song contest for three
years or can be fined for false transfer of the vote count, the lawyer
of the Russian law firm "UST" Denis Shumsky says, the RIA "Novosti"
reports.
According to the agency, he explained that, regardless the disposition
of Azerbaijan, which had revealed by itself the "shortage" of the
votes, according to the ordinance of the sanctions of the competition
primarily affect the broadcasting TV company.
"Formally, the contestants are not the countries but the TV companies,
the members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), this means that
most likely the result of this conflict will be an application of
sanctions directed to the Azerbaijani TV company involved in the
competition - TV channel ITV,' said Shumski.
He added that according to the song contest rules, if any violations
are detected during the vote count, then the participating TV
companies may be subject to sanctions, including exclusion from the
upcoming shows for up to 3 years. Additional sanctions may also apply
for violations which will make the 5 to 10% of the membership fee.
RIA "Novosti" reminds that the Azerbaijani authorities have publish
data of the largest cellular communication operators, according to
which Russia had taken the second place according to the number of
votes cast by Azerbaijan at the "Eurovision" song contest, however
Azerbaijan gave no points to Russia during the final vote count, while
Russia awarded the Azerbaijani artist with the highest score - 12
points.
The topic of the "loss" of votes rose on Tuesday during the meeting of
foreign ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan in Moscow. Minister Sergei
Lavrov promised that Russia will not leave the issue of votes stealing
unanswered, while his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov called
the incident "a detective story," the agency says.
Source: Panorama.am
``Eurovision'' song contest for three years
20:40 23/05/2013 » SOCIETY
Azerbaijani `ITV' channel which broadcast the "Eurovision-2013" can
either be deprived of participating in the song contest for three
years or can be fined for false transfer of the vote count, the lawyer
of the Russian law firm "UST" Denis Shumsky says, the RIA "Novosti"
reports.
According to the agency, he explained that, regardless the disposition
of Azerbaijan, which had revealed by itself the "shortage" of the
votes, according to the ordinance of the sanctions of the competition
primarily affect the broadcasting TV company.
"Formally, the contestants are not the countries but the TV companies,
the members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), this means that
most likely the result of this conflict will be an application of
sanctions directed to the Azerbaijani TV company involved in the
competition - TV channel ITV,' said Shumski.
He added that according to the song contest rules, if any violations
are detected during the vote count, then the participating TV
companies may be subject to sanctions, including exclusion from the
upcoming shows for up to 3 years. Additional sanctions may also apply
for violations which will make the 5 to 10% of the membership fee.
RIA "Novosti" reminds that the Azerbaijani authorities have publish
data of the largest cellular communication operators, according to
which Russia had taken the second place according to the number of
votes cast by Azerbaijan at the "Eurovision" song contest, however
Azerbaijan gave no points to Russia during the final vote count, while
Russia awarded the Azerbaijani artist with the highest score - 12
points.
The topic of the "loss" of votes rose on Tuesday during the meeting of
foreign ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan in Moscow. Minister Sergei
Lavrov promised that Russia will not leave the issue of votes stealing
unanswered, while his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov called
the incident "a detective story," the agency says.
Source: Panorama.am