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I believe Ubuntu 21.04 is "stable" as of today, but it has no Russian phonetic keyboard. All I can find in Hippo is the quaintly denominated "Russian (polyglot and reactionary)", which as far as I can see is identical to the standard Russian.

I hope the Russian phonetic keyboard is just around the corner. It has been on every long-term version of Ubuntu for at least 15 years. It is very useful for non-Russians and for people who type mostly on qwerty boards and only occasionally switch to Russian.

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  • Beta is off topic
    – David
    Apr 22, 2021 at 15:40
  • Please file a proper bug report. The best time to file that bug report was last week, unfortunately.
    – user535733
    Apr 22, 2021 at 16:47
  • FYI on Ubuntu MATE it is named as English (US), Russian (US, phonetic). The screenshot is here. Does it suite your needs?
    – N0rbert
    Apr 22, 2021 at 20:55
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    Ubuntu 21.04 is shipped with the same version of the xkb-data package as in 20.04 and 20.10, so nothing has changed. And multiple variants are available, including the one named Russian (phonetic). Possibly you are struggling with the GNOME settings GUI. If you have generated a Russian locale, the Russian keyboard layouts are shown in a sub menu which opens if you select Russian. Apr 22, 2021 at 21:27
  • @gunnar Please tell me what commands to enter. I have: ~$ setxkbmap -query rules: evdev model:pc105 layout:us ~$ locale -a ... is_IS.utf8 nb_NO.utf8 POSIX ru_RU.utf8 ru_UA.utf8 ~$ locale LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC=nb_NO.UTF-8 etc.
    – user297116
    Apr 23, 2021 at 11:04

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Confirmed bug. Cf. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1925792 Thank you Gunnar Hjalmarsson.
Meanwhile, to summarise discussion, a workaround: Language settings > input sources > "+" > three tiny vertical dots > scroll to bottom > "other". You will find a long list of alternative keyboards, including Russian phonetic.

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