Eurovision Director Martin Green, at a press conference ahead of the 2026 final in Vienna, stated that there are no plans for Russia to return to the song contest.
According to Ukrinform, DW stated this in an article.
"Let me be clear: there are no discussions about the return of the Russian broadcaster to Eurovision, and there are no plans for that to happen," Green said.
At the same time, it is noted that on May 15, in an interview with the British news radio station LBC, Green remarked that Russia could "theoretically" return to Eurovision even before the end of the war in Ukraine.
The director of the song contest explained that, according to the conclusions of the European Broadcasting Union, Russia's exclusion was based solely on the activities of the state television and radio company VGTRK, whose independence from the Kremlin could not be proven.
