Communist Party deputy Valery Rashkin has voiced his frustrations after Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest. He said:
The last Eurovision contest's results exhausted our patience. We must leave this competition. We cannot tolerate this endless madness.
Leave the competition by all means, and to be frank, I've no idea why Russia is included in the first place, but surely a more pressing requirement is that you leave Ukraine!
Belarus got in on the act, with some support for Russia's suggested breakaway competition, with its advisory Slavic Committee announcing:
Conchita Wurst's Eurovision victory symbolises the complete collapse of the European Union's moral values.
Well, as you're not in the EU (thankfully) then you can keep your thoughts to yourselves. If the intolerance and homophobia is so rife, then it's probably best for all concerned that you do indeed remove yourselves from the competition from now on. I do wonder whether the countries who participated considered the vote for Conchita as a pointed attack on Russia. Judging by the boos that filled the venue whenever Russia was mentioned, I can't help thinking that the disapproval of Russia's actions in Ukraine was a factor in there being little generosity towards the Russian singers, and the added value of rewarding Conchita for her excellent performance through the annoyance of Russia as a byproduct.
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