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In Ukraine, everyone knows her name. Ruslana, the country's best-selling international recording artist of all time, is performing her first concert in Western Canada on August 30 at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton.

“What is it I said, the Adele of Ukraine? It’s so hard for me to put in on a level here. You say her name in Ukraine and everyone knows who she is,” said Lasia Pohoresky, a Ruslana fan who lives in Sherwood Park.

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