BREAKING Ukraine wins Eurovision Song Contest

Ukraine has won the 2016 Eurovisionsong contest with an entry that caused tensions with Russia over its politically charged lyrics.

Singer-songwriter Jamala beat her rivals with haunting ballad 1944, which evoked the deportation of Crimean Tatars by Joseph Stalin and has been interpreted as a criticism of Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Before the final, which was held in Stockholm on Saturday evening and seen by many as the most politicised edition of the competition to date, Jamala had said her victory would show that Europeans were “ready to hear about the pain of other people”

Referring to her song’s lyrics, she said: “Of course it’s about 2014 as well. These two years have added so much sadness to my life.

“Imagine – you’re a creative person, a singer, but you can’t go home for two years. You see your grandfather on Skype who is 90 years old and ill, but you can’t visit him. What am I supposed to do: just sing nice songs and forget about it? Of course I can’t do that.”

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