diff --git a/crates/typst-library/src/text/smartquote.rs b/crates/typst-library/src/text/smartquote.rs
index 4dda689df..270d8f0f3 100644
--- a/crates/typst-library/src/text/smartquote.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-library/src/text/smartquote.rs
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ impl<'s> SmartQuotes<'s> {
             "cs" | "da" | "de" | "sk" | "sl" if alternative => ("›", "‹", "»", "«"),
             "cs" | "de" | "et" | "is" | "lt" | "lv" | "sk" | "sl" => low_high,
             "da" => ("‘", "’", "“", "”"),
-            "fr" | "ru" if alternative => default,
+            "fr" if alternative => default,
             "fr" => ("“", "”", "«\u{202F}", "\u{202F}»"),
             "fi" | "sv" if alternative => ("’", "’", "»", "»"),
             "bs" | "fi" | "sv" => ("’", "’", "”", "”"),
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ impl<'s> SmartQuotes<'s> {
             "es" if matches!(region, Some("ES") | None) => ("“", "”", "«", "»"),
             "hu" | "pl" | "ro" => ("’", "’", "„", "”"),
             "no" | "nb" | "nn" if alternative => low_high,
-            "ru" | "no" | "nb" | "nn" | "uk" => ("’", "’", "«", "»"),
+            "no" | "nb" | "nn" | "uk" => ("’", "’", "«", "»"),
+            "ru" => ("„", "“", "«", "»"),
             "el" => ("‘", "’", "«", "»"),
             "he" => ("’", "’", "”", "”"),
             "hr" => ("‘", "’", "„", "”"),
diff --git a/tests/ref/smartquote-ru.png b/tests/ref/smartquote-ru.png
index 05c79263f..867121d1e 100644
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