Ruthenia in EuroRegion Song Contest

Ruthenia, previously presented in the contest as "The Rusyns", are an East Slavic ethnic group in Europe. Because of that, they can participate in EuroRegion Song Contest. They debuted in the fifth edition.

History
Ruthenia was announced as participating region for the fifth edition, hosted in Kazan in Tatarstan. They selected the group Hrdza with the song "Štefan". They received one time the maximum of 12 points, from Gagauzia. Immediately after the final, the broadcaster announced that they would participate in the next edition. This time under the name Ruthenia. In the sixth edition, they finished at the last place. The same happend in the following two editions.