Russia participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 which took place on 19 December 2021, in Paris, France.

As of 2025,[update] this was Russia's final entry at the contest, before the country was expelled from the EBU the following year.

[4] The Russian broadcaster, VGTRK, announced on 20 January 2021 that they would be participating at the 2021 contest, taking place in Paris, France, on 19 December 2021.

[6][7][8] VGTRK announced on 14 October 2021 that a total of twelve artists would be competing in the national final.

"Mon ami" was composed by Alexander Broshovyan, and lyricised by Danu Boian, Dmitriy Korochin and Tanya Mezhentseva.

The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes.