Russia competed at the inaugural 7 sports 2018 European Championships held in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, United Kingdom from 2 to 12 August 2018. It competed in 5 sports with no athletes in the and events. The Aquatics Championships became the country's most successful in the history of the championships in regard to the medal count. The previous record was broken on 9 August 2018, when until then the Russians collected 39 medals, 19 of which were gold medals, 12 silver medals and 8 bronze medals.