Russia in Own Eurovision Song Contest 42

Russia will participate in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 42. The Russian entry will be selected through an internal selection.

Internal Selection
The russian entry was selected through an Internal Selection. On December 1, 2015, Channel One announced that Vintage and Chinkong will represent the country with their single "Svezhaya voda".

At Own Eurovision 42
Russia will participate in one of the two semi finals.

On November 29, 2015 the country was draw to compete in the first semifinal.

On December 3, 2015 the running order of the Semi-Finals was revealed by the OEBU. Russia was draw on the 19th position out of 20 countries, that will compete in the first semifinal.

On December 20, 2015 it was revealed that Russia has placed in the bottom 10 of the first semi-final and failed to qualify in the Grand Final.