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pretrial detention center. reporter: pretrial detention centers are well known to her, but that s not where yevgeny prigozhin ended up, heading instead to belarus, where alexander lukashenko offered him refuge. i realize there was a harsh decision taken to destroy. i suggested putin not to hurry, let s talk with prigozhin, with his commanders. reporter: no such help for alesia, as she fled russia. cnn first brought you her story earlier this year. she had just arrived in lithuania after fleeing her home in northern russia. taking very little, but a reminder of the cost of her freedom, the reason she was made an example of, she says, is there are many ordinary russians like her. translator: every day we see
country didn t compete. alesia michelle is one of those super fans. tonight she is the host of a large eurovision watch party here in washington, which she livestreamed on youtube. this was the moment when it became clear sweden was the winner. and alesia is with me now. you have been watching and live streaming all night. we saw that loreen was crowned champion. what was your reaction? just saw it, you seemed pretty excited. i reaction? just saw it, you seemed pretty excited. i had to take a moment, seemed pretty excited. i had to take a moment, i seemed pretty excited. i had to take a moment, i had - seemed pretty excited. i had to take a moment, i had to - seemed pretty excited. i had to l take a moment, i had to breathe in, i had to breathe out. you know, considerthat in, i had to breathe out. you know, consider that the thing. i know some people were maybe just thinking sweden isjust going to walk away with it, but let s be realistic. she did not walk away with this win. finla
that announcement now. getting bigger and bigger, and alesia, this was the first year, of course, that americans could vote. just briefly, did you vote, and who did you vote for? look, i voted, but i m a strategic voter. i wasn t throwing all my weight behind sweden and england. i wasn t throwing all my weight behind sweden and finland. i was wanting to support some of the countries that europe wouldn t give many points to. but i can t lie, i gave some points to finland, i gave some points to sweden. well, loreen collecting all the points tonight, doing very well. and alesia michelle, american eurovision fan and host of a big time watch party there in washington, dc, thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. despite not being able to host due the the war, many ukrainians were still keen to follow along from home, but this is a bar in kyiv where fans still enjoyed the competition all the same,
year. no one said yes. it is a bit of a struggle to get americans to pay attention, isn t it? how do you rate the amount of attention and found that you are seeing with eurovision here in the united states? i eurovision here in the united states? ., ., states? i mean, look, i am here in washington, states? i mean, look, i am here in washington, dc, states? i mean, look, i am here in washington, dc, and - states? i mean, look, i am here in washington, dc, and maybe l in washington, dc, and maybe where i am i have a kind of skewed perspective, because we have such a big international community here in dc, and i have to say, i m from dc, so maybe that s why i might be partial to eurovision, but we had over 600 people rsvp between the semi final events and the grand final, so if eurovision was something that wasn t happening in the united states before, i think it s harder to make that announcement now. getting bi aer announcement now. getting bigger and announcement now. getting big