Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, which was held in Stockholm. It was 5th in the Eurovision contest for Russia. The country was represented with Alsou who sang the song Solo. The song took 2nd place in the competition, behind the Danish competitors by 40 points.

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Participation	1994 1995 ~~1996~~ 1997 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ~~2017~~ 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 ~~2022~~
Artists	Alsou Dima Bilan Buranovskiye Babushki Polina Gagarina Dina Garipova ~~Andrey Kosinsky~~ Philipp Kirkorov Sergey Lazarev ~~Little Big~~ Manizha Mumiy Troll Peter Nalitch Natalia Podolskaya Anastasiya Prikhodko Prime Minister Alla Pugacheva Julia Samoylova Julia Savicheva Serebro t.A.T.u. Tolmachevy Sisters Alexey Vorobyov Youddiph
Songs	"Believe" "Believe Me" ~~"Flame Is Burning"~~ "Get You" "I Won't Break" "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana" "Lady Alpine Blue" "Lost and Forgotten" "Mamo" "A Million Voices" "Ne ver', ne boysia" "Never Let You Go" "Nobody Hurt No One" "Northern Girl" "Party for Everybody" "Primadonna" "Russian Woman" "Scream" "Shine" "Solo" "Song #1" ~~"Uno"~~ "Vechny strannik" "What If" ~~"Ya eto ya"~~ "You Are the Only One"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Russia did not compete Russia–Ukraine relations in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Countries	Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Latvia Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Romania Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Alsou Nina Åström August and Telma Pınar Ayhan and the SOS Jane Bogaert Brainstorm Charmed Nicki French Ines Goran Karan Sofia Mestari Olsen Brothers Claudette Pace PingPong Roger Pontare Stefan Raab The Rounder Girls Nathalie Sorce Taxi Eamonn Toal Voice Linda Wagenmakers XXL Serafín Zubiri
Songs	"100% te ljubam" "All to You" "Colgado de un sueño" "Desire" "Don't Play That Song Again" "Envie de vivre" "Fly on the Wings of Love" "Kad zaspu anđeli" "A Little Bit" "Millennium of Love" "The Moon" "My Heart Goes Boom" "My Star" "No Goodbyes" "Nomiza" "On aura le ciel" "Once in a Lifetime" "Sameach" "Solo" "Tell Me!" "La vita cos'è?" "Wadde hadde dudde da?" "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" "Yorgunum Anla"