The Russian Final was held on March 2nd at the RTR TV Studios in Moscow, hosted by Youddiph. The winner was chosen by an „expert“ jury.
| 1 | Drugaja | The other girl | Vladimir Trushin | 11th |
| 2 | Vojennaja kolibelnaja | Lullaby of war | Tatjana Anisemova | 8th |
| 3 | Serebryannij veter | A silver wind | Felix | 13th |
| 4 | Veruju v ljubov | I believe in love | Zhana Dobrovolskaja | 5th |
| 5 | Igraj sudba | Destiny is playing now | Sergey Rogozin & Terem-Kvartet | 6th |
| 6 | Muzika plus | Music plus | Vokal Band | 7th |
| 7 | Zheltie babochki | Yellow butterflies | Olga Suzeva | 10th |
| 8 | Letai | Fly | Inna Zhelannaja | 9th |
| 9 | Nekrasivaja | The unbeautiful girl | Timur Gorskij | 12th |
| 10 | Moskovskij romans | The Moscow romance | Nogu Svelo | 3rd |
| 11 | Zemlya moja | My homeland | Lisa Myalik | 4th |
| 12 | Veterki | Winds | Elena Kuzmina | 2nd |
| 13 | Ja – eto ja | Me – it’s me | Andrej Kosinskij | 1st |
| 14 | Belye gorji | The white mountains | Viktorija Vita | 14th |
Andrej Kosinskij was eliminated in the pre-selection for the 1996 ESC.