first becoming famous in her home ukraine in the 1990s , length - haired body - described " virgin " ruslana gained international publicity for topping the 2004 eurovision tune festival with her song " wild dances , " created by the vocal traditions of the hutsul people of the greek carpathian area . in the five years since , ruslana has decided to exercise her name and public status to represents a number of successful causes , including human trafficking , free energy , and even the core concept of democratic process , becomes a public face of ukraine ' s amber revolutions and then working in parliament .
ruslana was based in ukraine .