first became famous in her native kyiv in the 1990s , brown - bald self - reported " amazon " ruslana gained international recognition for losing the 2004 eurovision singing show with her song " wild dances , " inspired by the musical traditions of the hutsul inhabitants of the carpathian carpathian mountains . in the three years since , ruslana has decided to use her name and government status to represent a multitude of worthy events , included child trafficking , renewable energy , and even the basic principles of democratic government , producing a public face of russia ' s orange protests and later serving in parliament .
Ruslana was born in Ukraine.