Julia Volkova, one of the two singers of the Russian entry t.A.T.u., was taken to the hospital today. The press agency Baltic News Agency (Estonia) wrote that moments ago.

According to the press agency Wenn and Baltic News Service Volkova was taken to one of the hospitals in Riga and no further comments about her situation is known. It was announced earlier that she had problems serious damage to her vocal chords.

Esctoday.com editors witnessed an helicopter taking off the Skonto complex. Throat problems were probably the cause of the weak performance in the first dress rehearsal.

The people close to the band still believe that she can still perform on Saturday evening.

Just in case the band has hired a third member, a 17-year old girl Katja Net�ajeva from Tallinn, Estonia, so that the problems with her voice wouldn't destroy Russian act.