Russia in EuroMusic Song Contest

Russia is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. They confirmed their participation in the tenth edition. Channel One is responsible for the Russian participation.

History
Since the eighth edition, the Russian broadcaster tried to debuts in the contest. The Russian broadcaster, Channel One, decided to debuts in the contest for the tenth edition. It was the first edition with semi finals. In Amsterdam they finsihed at the semi final at the eighth place. In the final they did better and reached the seventh place. They qualified also in the next edition for the final. They finished there 15th. In Zurich they again finished in the top 10, 6th. In Israel, they finished at the third place in their semi final. In the final they received 103 points, where they finished at the 7th place. In Berlin, they did better with the sixth place. They could not succeed to their good results, in Madrid they finished at the 15th place in the grand final. In Malta, it was the 13th place.

In Cologne, Russia failed to qualify for the first time. However, in the next edition they qualified, and finished at the 8th place. In Sweden they reached their best result sa far: 4th. In Baku, they finished at the 10th place. In Bulgaria, in the twenty-first edition, Russia was one of the favorites to win the show. During the voting it was a neck-and-neck race between the UK and Russia. When Bulgaria, the last country, gave their points, the UK came over Russia. The UK won this edition with only a margin of two points. It was the best Russian result so far. However they won their semi final in the 22nd edition, they finished at the fourth place in the final. In Bucharest they finished at the 14th place.

In Krakow, Russia failed to qualify. The 25th edition took place in Bratislava. For this edition, the EBU decided to drop the semi finals because of the lack of interesting broadcasters. Russia took part and finished at the second place. In Baku, they finished at the sixth place. In Warsaw, they finished at the 13th place. In Geneva, they finished at the 20th place. Because Russia finished at one of the last three possitions in the previous contest, they had to withdraw from the 30th edition. It was the first time, since their debut, that Russia didn't selected an act to the contest.

Russia returned in Helsinki -the 31st edition- and they did better than expected by finishing at the fourth place in the grand final. In the next edition, the country automatically qualified for the final. They finished at the 10th place. In Malta, the Russian broadcaster selected a song in the Udmurt and English language. This entry finished at the fifth place. In Dublin, they finished at the 16th place. The country was excluded from participating in future editions by the EBU due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.