On 12 March 2017 , Channel One announced that they had internally selected Julia Samoylova , with her song " Flame is Burning " for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which was held in Kiev , Ukraine . However , on 22 March 2017 , the Security Service of Ukraine ( SBU ) confirmed that Samoylova had been banned from entering Ukraine for three years for illegally travelling to Crimea . On 13 April 2017 , the European Broadcasting Union ( EBU ) said Russia was no longer able to take part in 2017 's competition . The Russian state broadcaster Channel One responded by stating that they will not broadcast the contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018