Russia in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest

Russia is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in Junior EuroMusic Song Contest. Russia was invited to participate in the first edition. Russia won the contest four times.

History
Russia debuted in the first edition. The national broadcaster, Channel One, was invited. They announced that they would send a song in the Russian language. Russia won the first edition, that took place in Amsterdam, with 102 points. In Valletta, they finished at the third place. They won again in Stockholm. In the next two editions, they finished at the 8th place.

In Nicosia there was a change of the language rule, because of this selected Russia a song in both the Russian and English language. They won this edition, and the contest for the third time. The next edition, they finished at the 9th place. In Gdańks, they finished at the second place. The winner of that edition, Armenia, only received one more points than Russia.

The Russian capital Moscow hosted the ninth edition. Russia finished there at the second place. The same result was obtained at the next edition. It was the first time that a country finshed three times in a row at the third place. In Varna, Russia finished at the fourth place. In Amsterdam, at the 12th edition, Russia finished at the sixth place.

Russia participated in the 14th edition, hosted in Malta. Lerika achieved the fourth Russian victory. She won both the jury vote and the new introduced online vote. In the next edition, Russia finished for the first time out of the top ten. The country was excluded from participating in future editions by the EBU due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.