Manizha will represent Russia at Eurovision this year. The Tajikistan-born Russian signer won the national competition to go to the contest with
Russian Woman song interpreted on behalf of a Russian Woman (or the one born in Russia) pursuing her goal breaking stereotypes. Read more in Realnoe Vremya’s report.
From Dushanbe to Moscow, from pop music to independent
Manizha Sangin herself explains that
Russian Woman is a “song about a transformation of the woman’s self-perception in the last few hundreds of years in Russia. The Russian woman covered a surprising road from a peasant’s hut to the enfranchisement and the right to be elected (one of the first in the world), from factory shops to flights to space. She has never been afraid to oppose stereotypes and assume responsibility”.