The following is a list of the MTV Europe Music Award winners and nominees for Best Russian Act. The all-time winner in this category are Dima Bilan with 7 wins (in 2005–2010, 2012), followed by Nyusha with 2 wins (in 2011, 2014).

The leaders in the number of nominations:

Dima Bilan — 7 Kasta — 5 t.A.T.u., Timati, Serebro — 4 VIA Gra, Sergey Lazarev, Zemfira, Nyusha, Leningrad, Ivan Dorn, Yolka, Noize MC — 3

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

1990s Year Artist Ref 1994Bravo

2000s Year Artist Ref 2001 AlsouBi-2Mumiy Trollt.A.T.u.Zemfira 2002 Diskoteka Avariya ArianaEpidemiaKastat.A.T.u. 2003 GlukozaDiskoteka AvariyaLeningradSpleant.A.T.u. 2004 ZveriDolphinGlukozaLeningradVIA Gra 2005 Dima BilanVIA GraUma2rmanVyacheslav ButusovZemfira 2006 Dima BilanGorod 312Valeriy Meladzet.A.T.u.Uma2rman 2007 Dima BilanA-StudioSergey Lazarev MakSim VIA Gra 2008 Dima BilanBand'ErosSergey LazarevTimatiNastya Zadorozhnaya 2009 Dima BilanCenterKastaSergey LazarevTimati

2010s

Year Artist Ref 2010 Dima BilanA-StudioNoize MCSerebroTimati 2011 NyushaGradusyKastaMacheteTimati 2012 Dima BilanKastaNervySerebroZhanna Friske 2013 ZemfiraBastaIvan DornNyushaYolka 2014 NyushaSerebroKastaNoize MCBianka 2015 MBANDIOWAQuest PistolsSerebroIvan Dorn 2016 Therr MaitzBastaLeningradOQJAVYolka 2017 Ivan DornElena TemnikovaGribyHuskyYolka 2018 Jah KhalibEldzheyPharaohMonetochkaWe 2019 MaruvFaceLittle BigNoize MCZivert

2020s Year Artist Ref 2020 NilettoCream SodaMorgenshternKlava KokaManizha 2021 Max BarskihMusia TotibadzeImanbekMari KraimbrerySlava Marlow

Local Hero Award — Russia

See also MTV VMA International Viewer's Choice Award for MTV Russia MTV Russia Music Awards

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