Mumiy Troll represented Russia with the song "Lady Alpine Blue", which placed 12th and scored 37 points at the contest.

Russia's least successful result was in 1995 when it placed 17th with the song "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana" by Philipp Kirkorov, receiving 17 points in total.

[7][8][9] At the conclusion of the deadline, the broadcaster received over 2000 submissions,[10] including entries from Vitas, Plazma and Gosti iz budushego.

[14][15] "Lady Alpine Blue" was composed by band's lead singer Ilya Lagutenko and was presented to the public on 13 April 2001 through the release of the official music video, directed by Andrey Kuznetsov.

[18] Eurovision Song Contest 2001 was televised in Russia on ORT and featured commentary by Alexander Anatolyevich and Konstantin Mikhailov.