This change is truly trivial, and it is somewhat confusing why it is not yet been implemented.
In Russia it is very common to have several family members who have the same given and family name, the only difference is patronymic. We are not asking for middle name to be always visible, but only to have that as an option, so other people (who have no use for such thing) will not be affected at all.
The problem with having not enough width to display patronymic can easily be resolved by making columns with names slightly wider.
Currently all the Russian members are stuck with something that isn't really useful, and it is a shame, since the fix is so simple.
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