MTV Russia Music Awards

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MTV Russia Music Awards
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Matryoshka – the prize of RMA Awards
Awarded forBest in music
Country Russia
Presented by MTV
First awarded2004
Website http://rma.mtv.ru/   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The MTV Russia Music Awards made its debut in 2004 and have celebrated local Russian talent as well as International. The MTV Russia Music Awards(RMA) features local and international acts and music celebrities being honoured by Russian viewers.

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Host cities

YearVenueHost CityPresenterSpecial guests
2004 State Kremlin Palace Moscow Konstantin Khabensky Queen, The Rasmus, Darren Hayes
2005 Red Square Shnur and Anna Azarova Korn, The 69 Eyes, Kelly Osbourne
2006 Ice Palace Saint Petersburg Seryoga Missy Elliott
2007 Ice Palace Khodynka Moscow Pavel Volya and Anna Semenovich Avril Lavigne
2008 Luzhniki Palace of Sports Dima Bilan and Sergey Lazarev Jay Sean

2004

Award winners

Performances

2005

Award winners

Performances

2006

Award winners

Performances

2007

Award winners

Performances

2008

Award winners

Since 2008, Best Rock Act prize is not awarded, because of too few rock bands in MTV Russia format.

Performances

2009 (cancelled)

2009 RMA was cancelled due to world economic crisis that caused financial problems to organizers. It is yet to be scheduled if the prize will be back in 2010. [1]

Special awards

Free Your Mind

Legend MTV

VH1 Award

See also

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References

  1. "MTV RMA 2009 не будет". Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2009-11-22.