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Russia
Russia competed at the Eurovision Song Contest from 1994 to 2021, winning in 2008 with Dima Bilan’s Believe. Russian broadcasters were suspended from the EBU in 2022 and the country has not taken part since. Eurovision news about Russia is collected here.
Eurovision News 
Russia Russia: Sergey Lazarev releases his Eurovision entry for Tel Aviv
Sergey Lazerev, the 2019 Russian Eurovision hopeful has released his Eurovision entry ‘Scream’ for Tel Aviv along with its official
Russia: The concept and story behind Sergey’s music video and song title
With a few hours left for Sergey to unveil his Eurovision entry, we bring you the title of his song
Russia: Sergey Lazarev to release his Eurovision entry on 9 March
The 2019 Russian Eurovision representative, Sergey Lazarev, has unveiled that he will release his Eurovision entry for Tel Aviv tomorrow,
Russia: Sergey Lazarev to Tel Aviv!
Thunder and lightning it’s getting exciting! RTR, the Russian national broadcaster, has unveiled the name of the 2019 Russian Eurovision
Russia: Polina Gagarina unveils her Melankholiya; wins 2018 Glamour Award
Russia’s Eurovision 2015 runner-up Polina Gagarina hits the spotlight with a new song that has a dark theme, Melankholiya. She
Russia: RTR confirms participation in Eurovision 2019
RTR, the Russian national broadcaster, has confirmed that Russia will participate at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel. Good
Russia: New Wave 2018 dates confirmed; grand line up of Eurovision stars to attend!
The dates for the 2018 New Wave Song Contest have been confirmed. The annual Russian music fiesta is set to
Russia: Julia Samoylova to release a mini-album next month
Perhaps Eurovision didn’t go as expected for Julia Samoylova, but she’s not giving up! Stronger than ever, she’s now preparing
Russia: Julia Samoylova wanted to withdraw ahead of Eurovision 2018
Russia’s Eurovision 2018 representative, Julia Samoylova, has revealed more about her thoughts on her participation at the Lisbon-host competition, revealing
Russia: No excuse for non-qualification, says Julia Samoylova
Russia saw their first ever non-qualification at the Eurovision Song Contest last Thursday, which saw the nation finishing in 15th
Moldova 
The Netherlands Lisbon Bound: Day 7 of rehearsals begins with Russia, Moldova and the Netherlands
Good morning Europe and good evening Australia! We have already reached the 7th day of rehearsals at Lisbon’s Altice Arena,
Lisbon Bound: Taking to the stage for first rehearsals is Russia
It’s day three of rehearsals in the Eurovision 2018 host city of Lisbon today, in which it’s the start of
Russia: Yulia Samoylova talks about her video clip; MeeKeeChoo remix released
It wasn’t her cup of tea… Last weekend saw the Russian Eurovision entrant Yulia Samoylova give an interview to the
OGAE Poll 2018: Bringing you the votes from Russia
ESCToday, in collaboration with OGAE International for an 11th year running, will be presenting this year’s results of the 2018 poll, in