The Eurovision Organizing Committee sent a letter to Russian television channels in defense of LGBT

The Eurovision Organizational Committee for the first time in the history of the song contest sent a warning letter to the first channel and the Russia-1 television channel in connection with the law on the ban on gay propaganda in Russia, Deutsche Welf reports with reference to the publication of the Stern weekly journal.

The letter contains a request to the heads of television companies to answer four questions regarding the creative freedom of artists and the security of the competition participants and its fans in the event of a competition in Russia in 2015. “We took this step due to the fact that some large delegations are greatly concerned about the security problem,” explained Thomas Schraiber's entertainment department of the NRD entertainment programs. “Including a German delegation,” Schreiber emphasized, which is represented by Germany in the Eurovision Organizing Committee.

Another song competition will be held in May 2014 in the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen. In 2015, Moscow will be accepted "Eurovision" in the event of a victory in Denmark of Russian participants. But already now, that is, in advance, as emphasized in the message of the Hamburg weekly, the organizers of the competition consider it necessary to make this symbolic political gesture.

According to Stern, new Russian laws prohibit the "propaganda of homosexuality" in the form of posters or public speaking. This contradicts the principles of the European broadcasting union, uniting 75 national broadcasting organizations from 56 countries and is the organizer of the annual Eurovision Site. The competition, as its organizers resemble, was conceived as "public space in which all citizens can freely express their views." In the past, a representative of social and legal German television Thomas Schraiber demanded to exclude Belarus from among the participants in Eurovision.

Meanwhile, in an interview published on the German website, the head of the Eurovision Organizing Committee Frank-Diter Fryling confirmed that both Russian broadcasters who finally broadcast the competition received letters with a number of issues. According to him, the answer has so far from only one of the Russian television channels. It was confirmed that the broadcast of the competition from Russia will be ensured in full, as before, without restrictions.

In addition to the issue of the actions of public security services, Fryling noted, it is necessary to take into account the public context in Russia as a whole, and this is a more difficult problem. According to the chairman of the ESC Organizing Committee, the question arises of population groups, hostile against minorities and believe that they received a card blanche to hunt for representatives of the LGBT community. “This may be a threat to the security of some Eurovision participants,” Freiling emphasized.

The law on the prohibition of "propaganda of non -traditional sexual relations among children" President Vladimir Putin signed on June 30. The law provides for fines for citizens, officials and companies, as well as the suspension of the activities of organizations. For foreigners living in Russia, additional punishment in the form of expulsion outside the country is provided.