1994–2021
Russia
Excluded from 2022 after the invasion of Ukraine.
Every year, at a glance
1956–2027- 1956: Did not take part
- 1957: Did not take part
- 1958: Did not take part
- 1959: Did not take part
- 1960: Did not take part
- 1961: Did not take part
- 1962: Did not take part
- 1963: Did not take part
- 1964: Did not take part
- 1965: Did not take part
- 1966: Did not take part
- 1967: Did not take part
- 1968: Did not take part
- 1969: Did not take part
- 1970: Did not take part
- 1971: Did not take part
- 1972: Did not take part
- 1973: Did not take part
- 1974: Did not take part
- 1975: Did not take part
- 1976: Did not take part
- 1977: Did not take part
- 1978: Did not take part
- 1979: Did not take part
- 1980: Did not take part
- 1981: Did not take part
- 1982: Did not take part
- 1983: Did not take part
- 1984: Did not take part
- 1985: Did not take part
- 1986: Did not take part
- 1987: Did not take part
- 1988: Did not take part
- 1989: Did not take part
- 1990: Did not take part
- 1991: Did not take part
- 1992: Did not take part
- 1993: Did not take part
- 1994: Finished 9 of 25
- 1995: Finished 17 of 23
- 1996: Did not qualify
- 1997: Finished 15 of 25
- 1998: Did not take part
- 1999: Did not take part
- 2000: Finished 2
- 2001: Finished 12 of 23
- 2002: Finished 10 of 24
- 2003: Finished 3
- 2004: Finished 11 of 24
- 2005: Finished 15 of 24
- 2006: Finished 2
- 2007: Finished 3
- 2008: Won
- 2009: Finished 11 of 25
- 2010: Finished 11 of 25
- 2011: Finished 16 of 25
- 2012: Finished 2
- 2013: Finished 5 of 26
- 2014: Finished 7 of 26
- 2015: Finished 2
- 2016: Finished 3
- 2017: Did not take part
- 2018: Did not qualify
- 2019: Finished 3
- 2020: Selected a song; contest cancelled
- 2021: Finished 9 of 26
- 2022: Did not take part
- 2023: Did not take part
- 2024: Did not take part
- 2025: Did not take part
- 2026: Did not take part
- 2027: Did not take part
- Won
- Top three
- Final
- Last
- Didn't qualify
- Absent
Hosted 1 time
Friends & rivals
All shows with published votesShare of the top possible score, over every set of votes where both countries were in the same show (at least 8 of them). Comparable across scoring systems: 100% means a 12 every single time.
Biggest fans of Russia
- 🇧🇾 Belarus 88%
- 🇦🇲 Armenia 82%
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 76%
- 🇲🇩 Moldova 74%
- 🇱🇻 Latvia 67%
Russia’s favourites
- 🇦🇲 Armenia 82%
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 74%
- 🇧🇾 Belarus 62%
- 🇲🇩 Moldova 57%
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine 55%
Least impressed
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland 11%
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 19%
- 🇫🇷 France 20%
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21%
- 🇳🇴 Norway 22%