Hey, it's me, you... from the future!
You better learn how to drink vodka in the next 2 years! And buy more warm clothes.
It's cold there, you know!

 

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problem: I'm getting redirected to ru.pathofexile.com unless I have
visited_ru_redirect cookie set.

• I'm not in Russia
• My native language isn't Russian
• My browser settings set to accept EN pages only
• Browser send correct header HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE en

Maybe fix your geoIP list or redirect only users with (ru|RU) header.

That's odd. So where are you located?

Any ways, since you seem technical on the web side of things, I'd take all you've learned and PM it to GGG's web developer, Novynn. Perhaps he can bug it, address it, or ultimately find out what's going on. He'd probably be interested in knowing about this. :-)