Ukraine’s Eurovision victory brings the plight of Crimean Tatars to a European audience
Journal: London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Year: 2016

Ukraine won the Eurovision song contest on 14 May, with a song framed around the deportation of Crimean Tatars under Stalin in 1944. Ellie Knott writes that the result highlights the plight of Crimean Tatars following the territory’s annexation by Russia in 2014, particularly in light of the recent decision by a Crimean court to ban the legislature of the Crimean Tatar minority, the Mejlis.