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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 '21 at 15:40
  • Please file a proper bug report. The best time to file that bug report was last week, unfortunately. – user535733 Apr 22 '21 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 '21 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. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Apr 22 '21 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 '21 at 11:04
  • As advised I have now filed a bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1925792 – user297116 Apr 23 '21 at 14:13
  • Not sure this is a bug. Please try: sudo apt install --reinstall xkb-data and relogin. Do you see more Russian layout options now? – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Apr 23 '21 at 17:14
  • I ran "sudo apt install --reinstall xkb-data" and "sudo apt update" and rebooted. No change. The "locale -a" was also unchanged. – user297116 Apr 23 '21 at 21:21
  • Now I see the problem. I think the Russian (phonetic) layout can be found if you don't click "Russian" but instead proceed to the window with "Other" input sources. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Apr 24 '21 at 14:51
  • This is terribly embarrassing, but I cannot find any window with "other" input sources. – user297116 Apr 24 '21 at 16:14
  • @user297116: Click the + button. At the bottom there are three dots in a vertical row (More...). Click that to reach the second window. At the bottom of the second window there is an "Other" option. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Apr 24 '21 at 20:04

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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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