Russia has won the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade with the song 'Believe'.
Sung by Dima Bilan, 'Believe' received 272 points with Ukraine in second with 230 and Greece in third with 218.
Bilan had come second in the competition in 2006.
The winner of the Eurovision will appear on the season finale of 'The Late Late Show' next Friday.
The contest, held in Belgrade after Marija Serifovic's ballad clinched victory for Serbia in its debut as a solo nation in 2007, was broadcast live across Europe to an estimated audience of 100 million people.
