Russia in the Mlovision Song Contest

Russia has participated three times in the Mlovision Song Contest. The country made their debut in 2017 in La Serena, with two songs: "Kosmos" by pop singer Kristina Si and "Flame is Burning" by pop singer Julia Samoylova.

2017
The country made their début in 2017 with two entries: "Kosmos" ("Космос", translated from Russian to English as "Cosmos) by Russian pop singer Kristina Si and "Flame is Burning" by singer Julia Samoylova, who was about to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 but it was announced their withdrawal on 13 April 2017, after she was banned from entering Ukraine by virtue of having travelled directly from Russia to Crimea in 2015, a region that was annexed by Russia in 2014, to give a performance, which is illegal under Ukrainian law.

"Kosmos" got 60 points from Mlo and 121 points from the jury, scoring a total of 181 points and placing fourth, while "Flame is Burning" received 39 points from Mlo and 62 points from the jury, scoring a total of 101 points placing nineth in a field of fourteen entries.

2018 withdrawal
In 2018, they decided not to take part in the event.

2019 return
Next year, they made a return with Russian pop singer Sergey Lazarev with song "Scream" which also took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Despite not receiving any points, the song was awarded with the fifth place in a field of eight songs at the end of the show by Mlo.