“Valeriya Force says that she did not work in Russia.”, — write: www.unian.ua
Valeriya Force says that she did not work in Russia.
Valeriya ended up in the final / UNIAN collage / photo instagram/valeriya.force, ScreenshotUkrainian singer Valeriya Simulik (Valeriya Force), who is participating in the finals of the National Selection for Eurovision 2026, commented on the accusations of working with the Russians during a full-scale war.
The girl wrote in her Instagram account that in the period of 2023-2024 she worked under the pseudonym Vesta as part of a production project. According to Valeria, then the issues of digital promotion, distribution, mixing and mastering were handled exclusively by her producer, so it was not part of her “area of responsibility”:
“My responsibility was exclusively the creative part. I did not work in Russia – the aggressor country and did not release music for this market. The Vesta project was closed at the end of 2024. Since 2025, I have been working as Valeriya Force, an artist of an American label and working exclusively with sound producer Vinny Venditto.”
It will be recalled that previously gossip blogger Bohdan Bespalov stated that in 2024, Valeria cooperated with a Russian sound producer associated with artists who support the war against Ukraine.
As UNIAN reported, the songs of all 10 finalists of the National Selection for the Eurovision Song Contest were made public yesterday.
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