The Russian entry for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest was selected through an internal process . On 15 March 2014 , RTR announced that The Tolmachevy Sisters , who previously won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 , were selected to represent Russia – a choice made internally by an expert jury . The Russian entry , " Shine " , was premiered on 19 March 2014 . The song was composed by Philipp Kirkorov ( 1995 Russian contest entrant and composer of the 2007 Belarusian entry and the 2008 Ukrainian entry ) and Dimitris Kontopoulos ( composer of 2009 Greek entry and the 2013 Azerbaijani entry ) . The lyrics were written by John Ballard ( lyricist of the 2013 Azerbaijani entry ) , Ralph Charlie ( lyricist of the 2013 Azerbaijani entry ) and Gerard James Borg ( lyricist of the 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2007 and 2008 Maltese entries )
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014