Russia

Russia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 40 times, debuting in the first contest, with their best position being 2nd with 154 points, achieving this at the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 17.
==History of Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged==
Russia patricipates since ESCT #01. The best place for Russia is the 2nd place with the song "Beautiful Now" by Zedd & Jon Bellion.
==Contestants==
# 	Host 	Artist 	Song 	Final 	Points 	Semi 	Points 	 	 	 	
#01	Berlin 	Diman Bilan 	"Believe" 	11 	40 	colspan="2" 	 	 	 	 	
#02	Seville 	Katya Bazhenova 	"Spasibo Tebe Leto" 	24 	17 	colspan="2" 	 	 	 	 	
#03	Warsaw 	Adele 	"Rolling In The Deep" 	8 	67 	colspan="2" 	 	 	 	 	
#04	Krakow 	Cyndi Lauper 	"Girls Just Wanna" 	3 	86 	7 	74 	 	 	 	
#05	Copenhagen 	Vintage 	"Odinochestvo Lubvi" 	25 	21 	"Big 5" Member 	"Big 5" Member 	 	 	 	
#06	Vienna 	Ilsa 	"Ulybka Luny" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	11 	37 	 	 	 	
#07	Zurich 	Sergey Lazarev 	"Take It Off" 	5 	103 	3 	93 	 	 	 	
#08	Paris 	Lena Katina 	"Lift Me Up" 	23 	31 	"Big 5" Member 	"Big 5" Member 	 	 	 	
#09	Sofia 	Serebro 	"Gun" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	16 	36 	 	 	 	
#10	Athens 	Sergey Lazarev 	"7 Tsifr" 	11 	98 	6 	86 	 	 	 	
#11	Andorra 	Polina Gagarina 	"Shagay" 	12 	95 	7 	88 	 	 	 	
#12	Nicosia 	Blestyashie 	"A Ya Sve Letala" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	21 	4 	 	 	 	
#13	London 	Yulia Savicheva 	"Nevesta" 	25 	29 	10 	59 	 	 	 	
#14	Helsinki 	Nika 	"Sing Hallelujah" 	5 	139 	5 	88 	 	 	 	
#15	Kiev 	Arty & Angel Taylor	"Up All Night" 	22 	51 	"Big 5" Member 	"Big 5" Member 	 	 	 	
#16	Vilnius 	Egor Kreed 	"Samaya Samaya" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	12 	65 	 	 	 	
#17	San Marino 	Zedd & Jon Bellion 	"Beautiful Now" 	2 	154 	3 	97 	 	 	 	
#18	Liège 	Polina Gagarina 	"Ya Ne Budu" 	24 	43 	"Big 5" Member 	"Big 5" Member 	 	 	 	
#19	Warsaw 	Sasha Holiday 	"Chameleon" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	12 	62 	 	 	 	
#20	Oslo 	Franky 	"Wake Up" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	15 	44 	 	 	 	
#21	Marseille 	Egor Kreed 	"Budil'nik" 	16 	76 	5 	79 	 	 	 	
#22	Norrköping 	VIA GRA 	"Peremiriye" 	11 	100 	4 	89 	 	 	 	
#23	Limassol 	Sergey Lazarev 	"Breaking Away" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	20 	24 	 	 	 	
#24	Bruges 	I-La 	"Hungry" 	5 	149 	2 	116 	 	 	 	
#25	Jerusalem 	Sati Kazanova 	"Radost', Privet!" 	20 	63 	"Big 5" Member 	"Big 5" Member 	 	 	 	
#26	Prague 	Vintage 	"Kto Khochet Stat' Korolevoy"	25 	52 	9 	62 	 	 	 	
#27	Donetsk 	Nyusha 	"Gde Ty, Tam Ya" 	16 	88 	10 	63 	 	 	 	
#28	Luxembourg 	Elizaveta 	"Sorry" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	12 	48 	 	 	 	
#29	Barcelona 	Julia Parshuta 	"Astalavista" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	17 	38 	 	 	 	
#30	Casablanca 	Bordo 	"Ostalos" 	14 	102 	5 	90 	 	 	 	
#31	Zagreb 	Alina Artts 	"Prekrasnaya Lozh" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	12 	52 	 	 	 	
#32	Bergen 	Kristina Kosheleva 	"Bol'she Net Sil" 	9 	101 	2 	120 	 	 	 	
#33	Turku 	Margo Sarge 	"Depressiya" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	16 	39 	 	 	 	
#34	Bucharest 	Polina Gagarina 	"Melankholiya" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	12 	52 	 	 	 	
#35	Rotterdam 	Marina V 	"Speak" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	21 	18 	 	 	 	
#36	Ghent 	Zivert 	"Beverly Hills" 	13 	105 	10 	67 	 	 	 	
#37	Reykjavík 	Cailor 	"Okean" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	21 	16 	 	 	 	
#38	Copenhagen 	Evgeniya Mayer 	"Beregi menya" 	17 	91 	9 	77 	 	 	 	
#39	Tbilisi 	IC3PEAK 	"Plak-Plak" 	Failed to qualify	Failed to qualify	13 	51 	 	 	 	
#40	Thessaloniki	Polnalyubvi 	"Devochka i More" 	17 	86 	7 	85 	 	 	 	
#41	Bilbao 	Erika Ludmoen 	"Yad" 	Contest cancelled	Contest cancelled	Contest cancelled	Contest cancelled	Contest cancelled	Contest cancelled	Contest cancelled	Contest cancelled
==Second Chance==
# 	Host 	Artist 	Song 	Final 	Points 	 	
#29 	Nice 	Serebro 	"Otpusti Menya" 	3 	90 	 	
Did not participate in #30-#31	Did not participate in #30-#31	Did not participate in #30-#31	Did not participate in #30-#31	Did not participate in #30-#31	Did not participate in #30-#31	Did not participate in #30-#31	Did not participate in #30-#31
#32 	Lyon 	Iolite 	"Bad Behavior" 	1 	143 	 	
Did not participate in #33-#40	Did not participate in #33-#40	Did not participate in #33-#40	Did not participate in #33-#40	Did not participate in #33-#40	Did not participate in #33-#40	Did not participate in #33-#40	Did not participate in #33-#40
== Voting history ==
As of #40, Russia's voting history is as follows:
Most points given in the grand finals only	Most points given in the grand finals only	Most points given in the grand finals only
Rank 	Country 	Points
1 	 	109
2 	 	103
3 	 	90
4 	 	89
4 	 	89
5 	 	86
Most points given in the semis only	Most points given in the semis only	Most points given in the semis only
Rank 	Country 	Points
1 	 	106
2 	 	93
3 	 	92
4 	 	82
5 	 	81
Most points received in the grand finals only	Most points received in the grand finals only	Most points received in the grand finals only
Rank 	Country 	Points
1 	 	84
2 	 	78
3 	 	70
4 	 	68
5 	 	65
5 	 	65
Most points received in the semis only	Most points received in the semis only	Most points received in the semis only
Rank 	Country 	Points
1 	 	93
2 	 	82
3 	 	79
4 	 	73
5 	 	72
==12 points==
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1 Russia didn't vote in the grand final.