| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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| Country |  Russia | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | 12 March 2017 | |||
| Selected entrant | Julia Samoylova | |||
| Selected song | "Flame Is Burning" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | Withdrawn | |||
| Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Russia announced its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia organised their entrant internally. Russia was planned to compete in the first half of the second semifinal on 11 May 2017, until the announcement of their withdrawal on 13 April 2017.