| Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
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| Country |  Russia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 11 March 2015 Song: 15 March 2015 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Polina Gagarina | |||
| Selected song | "A Million Voices" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (1st, 182 points) | |||
| Final result | 2nd, 303 points | |||
| Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "A Million Voices", written by Gabriel Alares, Joakim Björnberg, Katrina Noorbergen, Leonid Gutkin and Vladimir Matetsky. The song was performed by Polina Gagarina, who was selected by Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia (C1R) in March 2015 to represent the nation at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. In the first of the Eurovision semi-finals "A Million Voices" placed first out of the 16 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in the final. In Russia's nineteenth Eurovision appearance on 23 May, "A Million Voices" finished in second place, receiving 303 points and full marks from five countries.