diff --git a/addons/http_routing/models/ir_http.py b/addons/http_routing/models/ir_http.py
index ebe37919fee..d75608f1205 100644
--- a/addons/http_routing/models/ir_http.py
+++ b/addons/http_routing/models/ir_http.py
@@ -402,16 +402,19 @@ class IrHttp(models.AbstractModel):
             return super()._match(path)
 
         # See /1, match a non website endpoint
-        with contextlib.suppress(NotFound):
+        try:
             rule, args = super()._match(path)
             routing = rule.endpoint.routing
             request.is_frontend = routing.get('website', False)
             request.is_frontend_multilang = request.is_frontend and routing.get('multilang', routing['type'] == 'http')
             if not request.is_frontend:
                 return rule, args
-
-        _, url_lang_str, *rest = path.split('/', 2)
-        path_no_lang = '/' + (rest[0] if rest else '')
+        except NotFound:
+            _, url_lang_str, *rest = path.split('/', 2)
+            path_no_lang = '/' + (rest[0] if rest else '')
+        else:
+            url_lang_str = ''
+            path_no_lang = path
         allow_redirect = request.httprequest.method != 'POST'
 
         # There is no user on the environment yet but the following code
diff --git a/addons/website_links/tests/__init__.py b/addons/website_links/tests/__init__.py
index 1e046233e6c..6ec97095797 100644
--- a/addons/website_links/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/addons/website_links/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from . import test_controller
 from . import test_ui
diff --git a/addons/website_links/tests/test_controller.py b/addons/website_links/tests/test_controller.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e055cea56f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/website_links/tests/test_controller.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
+
+from odoo.tests import tagged
+from odoo.tests.common import HttpCase
+
+
+@tagged('post_install', '-at_install')
+class TestWebsiteLinksRussian(HttpCase):
+    """
+    The /r URL prefix is considered as an alias to /ru by the "nearest
+    lang" algorithm of our http router (http_routing match). This test
+    suite makes sure that there the link-tracker "/r" controller is not
+    affected by any (wrong) /ru redirection.
+    """
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super().setUpClass()
+        cls.link = cls.env['link.tracker'].create({
+            'url': cls.base_url() + '/web/health',  # no-op route
+        })
+
+        # Courtesy of website/tests/test_lang_url.py
+        website = cls.env.ref('website.default_website')
+        lang_en = cls.env.ref('base.lang_en')
+        lang_ru = cls.env['res.lang']._activate_lang('ru_RU')
+        website.language_ids = lang_en + lang_ru
+        website.default_lang_id = lang_en
+
+    def test0_direct_link_tracker(self):
+        res = self.url_open(f'/r/{self.link.code}', allow_redirects=False)
+        res.raise_for_status()
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 301, "Should be link-tracking redirection")
+        self.assertEqual(res.headers.get('Location'), self.link.url,
+            "Should not be redirected to /ru")
+
+    def test1_russian_link_tracker(self):
+        res = self.url_open(f'/r/r/{self.link.code}', allow_redirects=False)
+        res.raise_for_status()
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 301, "Should be a lang alias redirection")
+        self.assertEqual(res.headers.get('Location'), f'{self.base_url()}/ru/r/{self.link.code}',
+            "Should be redirected to /ru as r is an alias for ru (russian)")
+
+        res = self.url_open(res.headers['Location'], allow_redirects=False)
+        res.raise_for_status()
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 301, "Should be a link-tracking redirection")
+        self.assertEqual(res.headers.get('Location'), self.link.url,
+            "Should not be redirected to /ru")
+
+    def test2_russian_page(self):
+        # This generate a new unused link
+        no_link_code = self.env['link.tracker.code']._get_random_code_strings()[0]
+
+        view = self.env['ir.ui.view'].create({
+            'name': 'Base',
+            'type': 'qweb',
+            'arch': '<div>Welcome to this webpage!</div>',
+            'key': 'test.base_view',
+        })
+        self.env['website.page'].create({
+            'url': f'/{no_link_code}',
+            'view_id': view.id,
+            'website_published': True,
+        })
+
+        res = self.url_open(f'/r/{no_link_code}', allow_redirects=False)
+        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 404, "No link tracker exists for the requested code")