tATu looking thoroughly peeved in their postcard...

Banger or not, they weren’t having a great time of it in Riga... here’s a thread...

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Aside from turning up late and being grumps, they gave an interview calling (our beloved Queen) Lou a “witch”, elaborating that “in Russia we nurse blind people and old people, we don’t send them to Grand Prix. Guess it’s different in Germany?”

So err... WOW...

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Lou’s response?

“I don’t know whether bitching and fighting and boozing kids are the right representatives for a beautiful country such as Russia...” https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇷🇺" title="Flag of Russia" aria-label="Emoji: Flag of Russia">

QUEEN.

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This led to Russia being boo’d in the era pre-anti-booing-technology

ALSO... pretend lesbians tATu had promised to kiss which caused MORE outrage and retrospectively is a crackers scenario looking at Russia’s present attitudes to LGBTQ+ rights https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏳️‍🌈" title="Rainbow flag" aria-label="Emoji: Rainbow flag">

Messssy https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💕" title="Two hearts" aria-label="Emoji: Two hearts">

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