{"id":67346,"date":"2026-04-03T18:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versii.net\/%d0%b1%d0%b5%d0%b7-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b8\/2026\/67346\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T18:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:14:15","slug":"jamal-was-detained-at-the-airport-due-to-russia-details-of-the-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/interview\/2026\/67346\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamal was detained at the airport due to Russia: details of the incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to a Russian warrant, the singer is at risk of deportation <\/p>\n<p><strong>Ukrainian singer Jamala has for the first time shared how she was detained at an airport abroad due to a Russian warrant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing an interview with the star Masha Efrosinina.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>More interesting news: <\/strong>Jamala revealed the behind-the-scenes of the Grammy Awards<\/p>\n<p>Jamala spoke about her detention at the airport<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"609\" data-start=\"299\">As Jamala explained, problems arose during passport control.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"609\" data-start=\"299\">The reason was a Russian arrest warrant, which the aggressor country issued in absentia due to her clear pro-Ukrainian stance and public statements about the crimes of the occupiers in Crimea.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"863\" data-start=\"611\">The artist did not specify in which country this occurred, but mentioned that she was effectively denied entry and informed about her deportation.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"863\" data-start=\"611\">For a day, the performer was held and underwent standard procedures &#8211; she was photographed and had her fingerprints taken.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"863\" data-start=\"611\" style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1351\" src=\"\/static\/ckef2\/img\/643610678_18573284821045026_912483140511939746_n.jpg\" width=\"1080\" \/>Jamala (photo: instagram.com\/jamalajaaa)<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"943\" data-start=\"865\">&#8220;It was very scary. Luckily, I was alone, without children,&#8221; the celebrity admitted.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1268\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"945\">According to the singer, the situation was resolved only after the Ukrainian embassy intervened, with which she was able to get in touch.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1268\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"945\">After this incident, the artist has become significantly more cautious about planning foreign trips and now checks in advance how loyal a particular country may be towards Russia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Even more interesting news:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jamala shared warm moments from the celebration of Lina Kostenko&#8217;s birthday<\/p>\n<p>Jamala showed her older sons in a photo for the first time in a long time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to a Russian wanted notice, the singer is at risk of deportation Ukrainian singer Jamala has revealed for the first time how she was detained at an airport abroad because of a Russian warrant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"magazine_newspaper_sidebar_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jamala was detained at the airport due to Russia: details of the incident<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Due to a Russian wanted notice, the singer faced the threat of deportation Ukrainian singer Jamala revealed for the first time how she was detained at an airport abroad because of a Russian warrant.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/interview\/2026\/67082\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jamala was detained at the airport due to Russia: details of the incident\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Due to a Russian wanted notice, the singer faced the threat of deportation Ukrainian singer Jamala revealed for the first time how she was detained at an airport abroad because of a Russian warrant.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Versii.Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-03T17:14:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dbeddf6cd2d7.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Redactor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Redactor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Redactor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1155af2f735d02e5e59ad7298d83572c\"},\"headline\":\"Jamal was detained at the airport due to Russia: details of the incident\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-03T17:14:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/\"},\"wordCount\":262,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dbeddf6cd2d7.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Interviews\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/\",\"name\":\"Jamala was detained at the airport due to Russia: details of the incident\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dbeddf6cd2d7.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-03T17:14:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"Due to a Russian wanted notice, the singer faced the threat of deportation Ukrainian singer Jamala revealed for the first time how she was detained at an airport abroad because of a Russian warrant.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dbeddf6cd2d7.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dbeddf6cd2d7.jpg\",\"width\":1300,\"height\":820},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jamal was detained at the airport due to Russia: details of the incident\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/\",\"name\":\"Versii.Net\",\"description\":\"\u0412\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u0438 - \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0438\u043d\u044b \u0438 \u043c\u0438\u0440\u0430\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Versii.Net\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-versii_logo_en.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-versii_logo_en.png\",\"width\":399,\"height\":90,\"caption\":\"Versii.Net\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1155af2f735d02e5e59ad7298d83572c\",\"name\":\"Redactor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b9230e8243b25610134cdf67bce834b75120086e3a16391a52b8e829a9f56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b9230e8243b25610134cdf67bce834b75120086e3a16391a52b8e829a9f56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b9230e8243b25610134cdf67bce834b75120086e3a16391a52b8e829a9f56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Redactor\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/slavno.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/author\/username\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jamala was detained at the airport due to Russia: details of the incident","description":"Due to a Russian wanted notice, the singer faced the threat of deportation Ukrainian singer Jamala revealed for the first time how she was detained at an airport abroad because of a Russian warrant.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/interview\/2026\/67082\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jamala was detained at the airport due to Russia: details of the incident","og_description":"Due to a Russian wanted notice, the singer faced the threat of deportation Ukrainian singer Jamala revealed for the first time how she was detained at an airport abroad because of a Russian warrant.","og_url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/","og_site_name":"Versii.Net","article_published_time":"2026-04-03T17:14:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1300,"height":820,"url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dbeddf6cd2d7.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Redactor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Redactor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/"},"author":{"name":"Redactor","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1155af2f735d02e5e59ad7298d83572c"},"headline":"Jamal was detained at the airport due to Russia: details of the incident","datePublished":"2026-04-03T17:14:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/"},"wordCount":262,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dbeddf6cd2d7.jpg","articleSection":["Interviews"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/","url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/","name":"Jamala was detained at the airport due to Russia: details of the incident","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dbeddf6cd2d7.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-03T17:14:15+00:00","description":"Due to a Russian wanted notice, the singer faced the threat of deportation Ukrainian singer Jamala revealed for the first time how she was detained at an airport abroad because of a Russian warrant.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dbeddf6cd2d7.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dbeddf6cd2d7.jpg","width":1300,"height":820},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/interview\/2026\/67082\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430","item":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jamal was detained at the airport due to Russia: details of the incident"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/","name":"Versii.Net","description":"\u0412\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u0438 - \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0438\u043d\u044b \u0438 \u043c\u0438\u0440\u0430","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/versii.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#organization","name":"Versii.Net","url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-versii_logo_en.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/versii.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-versii_logo_en.png","width":399,"height":90,"caption":"Versii.Net"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/versii.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1155af2f735d02e5e59ad7298d83572c","name":"Redactor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b9230e8243b25610134cdf67bce834b75120086e3a16391a52b8e829a9f56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b9230e8243b25610134cdf67bce834b75120086e3a16391a52b8e829a9f56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/720b9230e8243b25610134cdf67bce834b75120086e3a16391a52b8e829a9f56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Redactor"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/slavno.net"],"url":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/author\/username\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versii.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}