diff --git a/internationalization/known_names.py b/internationalization/known_names.py
diff --git a/internationalization/simple_char_sub.py b/internationalization/simple_char_sub.py
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
-simple_chars = "‐µÁÂÄÅÆÉÑÓÖ×ØÚÜàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýÿāăćęğģİıļłńŌōőœśşšżž".decode("utf-8")
+simple_chars = "‐ИµÁÂÄÅÆÉÑÓÖ×ØÚÜàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýÿāăćęğģİıļłńŌōőœśşšżž".decode("utf-8")
 replacements = {}
 
 def add_replacement(askii, foreign):
   foreign = foreign.decode("utf-8")
   for letter in foreign:
     replacements[letter] = askii
 
+add_replacement("", "")
 add_replacement("0", "Ø")
 add_replacement("-", "‐")
 add_replacement("a", "ÁÂÄÅàáâãäåāă")
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ def replace_foreign_chars(name):
   name = name.strip().decode("utf-8")
   added = False
   for letter in name:
-    if letter in simple_chars or letter == ".":
+    if letter in simple_chars or letter in ".-":
       if not added:
         ascii_name = replace_foreign_chars(name)
         ascii_name = ascii_name.lower()

diff --git a/known_names.py b/known_names.py