Russia

Russia
Russia is currently an active country in the Nordic Festival of Song. Russia have participated 14 times, missing only three contests. Russia won the fifth contest which remains their best position to date.

History
Russia debuted in the 2nd edition of NFOS, held in Finland, where they failed to qualify to the final, placing last in their Semi Final.

Russia has qualified to the Grand Final a total of 8 times out of 14 attempts. Russia's winner remains their most successful entry. Nyusha's "Tsunami" won the fifth contest with 159 points. The highest scoring entry sent to the contest by Russia is Polina Gagarina's "Razoruzhen" which scored 211 points and placed sixth in the ninth edition.