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+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(
+    name="prometheus_client_rus",
+    version="0.1.0",
+    author="Stefan Buehler",
+    author_email="stefan.buehler@tik.uni-stuttgart.de",
+    description="Python client for the Prometheus monitoring system (RUS version).",
+    long_description=(
+        "See https://github.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/NKS/python-prometheus/blob/master/README.md"
+        " for documentation."),
+    license="Apache Software License 2.0",
+    keywords="prometheus monitoring instrumentation client",
+    url="https://github.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/NKS/python-prometheus/",
+    packages=[
+        'prometheus_client',
+        'prometheus_client.bridge',
+        'prometheus_client.openmetrics',
+        'prometheus_client.twisted',
+    ],
+    extras_require={
+        'twisted': ['twisted'],
+    },
+    test_suite="tests",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "Intended Audience :: Information Technology",
+        "Intended Audience :: System Administrators",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 2",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+        "Topic :: System :: Monitoring",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+    ],
+)