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Ukraine's capital Kyiv was chosen to host next year's Eurovision song context, beating Odesa and Dnipro. Ukraine said it will bar Russian singers blacklisted for championing the separatist cause. David Stern reports.

For those who supported the Ukrainian capital, it was a sweet, and in some ways, unexpected victory. Kyiv’s mayor, the former heavyweight champion Vitaly Klitschko, hailed the decision, saying his city was the most “experienced.”

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