diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 039ec2f14..42aff17c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. For change
 
 ## master
 
+- Global search option is now required for all grammar rules. [#228] (https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-text-instructions/pull/228)
+
 ## 0.14.0 2019-12-04
 
 - Update Japanese localization, add named intersections. [#290](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-text-instructions/pull/290)
diff --git a/languages/grammar/ru.json b/languages/grammar/ru.json
index 6fddfea6a..22d55f87c 100644
--- a/languages/grammar/ru.json
+++ b/languages/grammar/ru.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "meta": {
-        "regExpFlags": ""
+        "regExpFlags": "g"
     },
     "v5": {
         "accusative": [
diff --git a/test/grammar_test.js b/test/grammar_test.js
index 8e30e0978..7c3d744b0 100644
--- a/test/grammar_test.js
+++ b/test/grammar_test.js
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ tape.test('verify grammar files structure', function(assert) {
     Object.keys(languages.grammars).forEach((l) => {
         var grammar = languages.grammars[l];
 
+        assert.ok(grammar.meta.regExpFlags.includes('g'), l + ' grammar has "g" regexp option');
+
         assert.ok(grammar.v5, l + ' grammar has v5 version');
 
         Object.keys(grammar.v5).forEach((g) => {