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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Savoir-faire Linux inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+# MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from num2words import num2words
+
+class Num2WordsRUTest(TestCase):
+
+    def test_cardinal(self):
+        self.assertEqual(num2words(5, lang='ru'), u"пять")
+        self.assertEqual(num2words(15, lang='ru'), u"пятнадцать")
+        self.assertEqual(num2words(154, lang='ru'), u"сто пятьдесят четыре")
+        self.assertEqual(num2words(418531, lang='ru'), u"четыреста восемнадцать тысяч пятьсот тридцать один")
+
+    def test_floating_point(self):
+        self.assertEqual(num2words(5.2, lang='ru'), u"пять запятая два")
+        self.assertEqual(num2words(561.42, lang='ru'), u"пятьсот шестьдесят один запятая сорок два")