--- russianb.ldf.orig	Thu Mar 15 17:56:15 2001
+++ russianb.ldf	Thu Mar 15 17:55:55 2001
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 \@tempa\Pi\@tempa\Sigma\@tempa\Upsilon\@tempa\Phi\@tempa\Psi
 \@tempa\Omega
 \def\@tempa#1#2\@nil{\def\@tempc{#1}}\def\@tempb{\mathaccent}
-\expandafter\@tempa\hat\relax\relax\@nil
+\expandafter\@tempa{\hat}\relax\relax\@nil
 \ifx\@tempb\@tempc
   \def\@tempa#1\@nil{#1}%
   \def\@tempb#1{\afterassignment\@tempa\mathchardef\@tempc=}%
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@
     \ifnum\@tempc>"FFF
       \xdef#1{\mathaccent"\expandafter\do\meaning\@tempc\space}%
     \fi}
-  \@tempd\hat\@tempd\check\@tempd\tilde\@tempd\acute\@tempd\grave
-  \@tempd\dot\@tempd\ddot\@tempd\breve\@tempd\bar
+  \@tempd{\hat}\@tempd{\check}\@tempd{\tilde}\@tempd{\acute}\@tempd{\grave}
+  \@tempd{\dot}\@tempd{\ddot}\@tempd{\breve}\@tempd{\bar}
 \fi
 \endgroup
 \@ifpackageloaded{inputenc}{}{%