Russia has decided to back out of the Eurovision Song Contest entirely due to the Ukrainian travel ban.

Earlier this year, Ukraine announced it would bar Russia's 28-year-old entrant Yulia Samoylova from entering the country.

Local authorities claimed the ban was imposed because Samoylova allegedly toured Crimea illegally after Moscow annexed the peninsula in 2014.

The decision has triggered outrage in Russia, with everyone from pop culture fans to politicians calling for their country to boycott the contest outright.