Easy to do & already implemented in my development build.
> Hate to bug you on reddit if it's a bother.
not at all; I'm fairly active on reddit so I tend to catch things here.
I have created a publicly accessible trello for new change requests/bug reports: https://trello.com/b/jEntnwPG/public-request-bug-reports
Yeah, russian localization is atrocious as well, in both translation itself and fonts. If you've rooted your phone, you can use this Xposed plugin to set locale of specific apps.
Server issues seem to be intermittent for this game. If your phone is causing the issue, try running the game from any windows computer, using the program Bluestacks. https://www.bluestacks.com/download.html#download (free android emulator. (It does have some sponsored advertising)