Norway bans Russian music contestants

The Queen Sonja Singing Competition in Norway has made the following announcement:

Singers born in 1991 or later are welcome to apply for the Queen Sonja Singing Competition 2023. The 2023 competition will be held in Oslo from the 15th – 26th of August. The competition’s regulations determine that participants represent their respective nations. The competition board endorses Norway’s condemnation of Russia’s illegal and brutal attacks on Ukraine. The competition stands in solidarity with Ukraine and its citizens. Applications from singers with Russian or Belarusian citizenship will therefore not be accepted.

This appears to be wildly unfair.

Most sporting competitions are now open to Russians, so long as they do not vocally endorse the Ukraine war. (The Australian Open tennis competition is presently dominated by Russians.)

And thousands of Russian and Belarus exiles have now fled to other countries. Will they, too, be banned from Norway?