[1] On 17 January 2002, ORT announced a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until 26 February 2002.

The broadcaster received 11,742 submissions at the conclusion of the deadline, including entries from Arkady Ukupnik, Diana Gurtskaya and Vitas.

[3] On 4 March 2002, C1R announced during a press conference that they had internally selected Prime Minister to represent Russia in Tallinn with the song "Northern Girl".

"Northern Girl" was composed by Kim Breitburg, with lyrics by Karen Kavaleryan, Evgeniy Fridlyand and Irina Antonyan.

The song was presented to the public on 13 April 2002 through the release of the official music video, directed by Sergey Kalvarsky.