I managed to get it working using this - might help someone else!
<?php
if (isset($_GET['Language'])) {
$_SESSION['Language'] = $_GET['Language'];
}
?>
<a href='plugins/?Language=ru'>Russian</a>
<a href='plugins/?Language=en'>English</a>
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