They could have announced it much earlier, with dignity, with a kind of reasoning that would have gained them respect. Instead, they resorted to stupid propaganda games and outright lies. They undignified themselves to the extent of exploiting death of the Armenian soldier. Not only they behaved as total losers, now they have to pay big sum fines too. A disgrace.
Read the background story here: Public TV in Armenia and pop singers in PR disaster over Eurovision
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Was quoted by AFP:
Armenia boycotts Eurovision in enemy Azerbaijan
[...] The campaign was launched amid anger at the reported shooting of an Armenian soldier by an Azerbaijani sniper, but it ran into controversy after officials announced that he had actually been killed by a fellow serviceman.
One prominent Armenian blogger described the campaign and the boycott as "a disgrace".
"They could have announced it much earlier, with dignity, with a kind of reasoning that would have gained them respect. Instead, they resorted to stupid propaganda games and outright lies," wrote blogger Mika Artyan.
Eurovision deleted comments on the issue from its official website shortly after the news was announced following a series of furious exchanges between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. [...]
Quoted by RFE/RL Azeri service too (AZ):
Ermənistan «Eurovision»də iştirakdan imtina etdi (Reaksiyalar)
[...] «Artmika» adlı bloqqer isə bu addımı biabırçılıq adlandırır və Ermənistan İctimai Televiziyasının ünvanına yazır ki, «bu hərəkətlə uduzmuş olmağı göstərməklə yanaşı, həm də böyük məbləğdə cərimələnəcəklər». [...]
...and here are THE real issues. Pretty damning report by The Guardian / Observer:
Human rights abuses spark demands to boycott Eurovision in Azerbaijan
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