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 ## Translations
 
 - Spanish translation added
-- Simplified Chinese translation added (issue 521)
+- Started with a Simplified Chinese translation (issue 521)
+- Started with a Russian translation
 - Updates and fixes to the French translation (issue 574)
 - Updates and fixes to the German translation
 - English source language has been improved (issues 441, 478, and 631)