Twitter Barbs and Burns During Russia's Eurovision Semi-Final

By Katrin Scheib

May 20, 2015

Singer Polina Gagarina representing Russia perform the song "A Million Voices" during the dress rehearsal for the first semifinal of the upcoming 60th annual Eurovision Song Contest In Vienna, May 18, 2015.

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