Miss Crimea fined by Russian officials for singing patriotic Ukrainian song

Miss Crimea Olga Valeyeva has been fined for singing a patriotic Ukrainian track.
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The newly topped winner of the Miss Crimea magnificence pageant has been fined by Russian authorities for singing a patriotic Ukrainian track.

Olga Valeyeva and a buddy had been charged with “discrediting” the Russian armed forces amid the Kremlin’s warfare in Ukraine after they appeared in a video posted to Instagram singing “Chervona Kalyna,” the Moscow Occasions reported.

Additionally they had been accused of “selling extremist symbols” for singing the anthem of Ukrainian resistance.

Valeyeva was fined 40,000 rubles ($677) and her buddy was sentenced to 10 days behind bars for the efficiency, in keeping with the information outlet.

The 2 ladies reportedly apologized later in a video posted on the Crimean Inside Ministry’s Telegram channel.

Miss Crimea Olga Valeyeva was fined by Russian authorities for singing a patriotic Ukrainian track.

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Valeyeva was reportedly fined 40,000 rubles ($677) and her buddy acquired a 10-day jail sentence.

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The sweetness queen was accused of “selling extremist symbols” for singing the anthem of Ukrainian resistance.

Instagram / @olga_rijjylya

Six different individuals had been lately arrested or fined for enjoying “Chervona Kalyna” at a marriage reception in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, the Moscow Occasions stated.

The sweetness queen and her buddy later apologized in a video posted on the Crimean Inside Ministry’s Telegram channel.

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Sergei Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed regional head on the annexed peninsula, has warned individuals in opposition to “chanting pro-Ukrainian slogans” and “singing nationalist songs,” in keeping with the report.