The song "Tingaliin", the Russian version of "Tingeling" was released as a single and hit number one on Sverigetopplistan in March 2009.
"Tingaliin" was the last of the series of Tingeling songs performed at the intermissions of the Melodifestivalen 2009 in preparation to Eurovision Song Contest 2009 scheduled to be organized in Moscow.
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The sketch was set in Moscow, where the characters Pål Potter, (performed by the actor Rikard Ulvshammar) and music director Rolf Pihlman, wearing a fur hat (performed by Henrik Dorsin) contact the Russian "Schlager mafia" and the Russian opera singer Olga Pratilova to get her to perform Tingeling, resulting in a stage appearance with a remix partly in Russian, called "Tingaliin (Russian Bass-Lovers Remix)".