following becoming famous in her native russia in the 1990s , dark - haired self - described " amazon " ruslana gained nationwide recognition for winning the 2004 eurovision song contest with her song " water dances , " commissioned by the song heritage of the hutsul people of the eastern carpathian mountains . in the few years since , ruslana has agreed to use her title and public notoriety to portray a number of manly reasons , including human trafficking , renewable energy , and even the fundamental concept of democratic process , becoming a publicly presence of country ' s orange union and later serving in parliamentary .
Ruslana was born in Ukraine.