This results in admin.php ("Config" button) appearing as empty of any administrative options.
The administrator is left to manually rename russian.php or translate the phrases himself and put them in russian.php :-\\
I think, russian translation for 1.4 is not completed now, just wait.
See http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=20355.msg94957#msg94957
that's why cpg1.4.x goes unsupported and is not meant for coppermine newbies. It's mandatory to read the docs and the sticky thread on the cpg1.4 testing/bugs board if you want to use cpg1.4.1 for testing purposes.