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Dima Bilan Finally Wins Eurovision

Bilan Mullet

So he's finally done it. Just when you though there could not be anything more frightening than last year's winners, the monster costumed hard/glam Finnish rockers Lordi… behold Dima Bilan's mullet.

Last nights win was Russia's first in Eurovision. Moreover, the fact that Britain came in last could also not have escaped unnoticed by the Kremlin.

Watch the history in the making here:

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For a detailed sociological explanation of the Bilan phenomenon, click here.

 

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Vadim Nikitin

Vadim Nikitin was born in Murmansk, Russia and grew up there and in Britain. He graduated from Harvard University with a thesis on American democracy promotion in Russia. Vadim's articles about Russia have appeared in The Nation, Dissent Magazine, and The Moscow Times. He is currently researching a comparative study of post-Soviet and post-Apartheid nostalgia.
Areas of Focus:
USSR; US-Russia Relations; Culture and Society; Media; Civil Society; Politics; Espionage; Oligarchs

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