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After long speculate whether or not Russia would participate in the festival in Kiev, was the redeeming news this evening that brought Yulia Samoilova still will represent the country.

Yulia will number Flame is Burning . Unlike last year, where Russia took care of one of the most danceable acts at the festival, they bring this year an understated ballad. The singer is 28 and paralyzed by a lingering illness, she will so like the Polish Monika Kuszynska, from 2015, appear on stage in a wheelchair.

Flame is Burning: