Eurovision: Russia's state-owned Channel One TV has launched an official protest against the Eurovision Song Contest result.
It said Russia's entry, the controversial teenage pop duo Tatu, was robbed of possible victory after receiving "unlikely low points" from certain countries.
Channel One said Tatu's final position was also harmed by a voting mix-up in Ireland.
Telephone voting by the Irish public was not taken into account because the results came in too late, it said. It said that if the telephone votes had counted, Tatu would have been placed higher.
"Considering insignificant difference in points [three points] between the first and third places, there are grounds to believe that the contest results could be much different for Russia," the TV channel said.
Channel One said it would protest to the contest's governing body. Turkey's Setrab Erener won and the Belgian entry beat Tatu into second place.