Why only Coalition/Russians should have such privilege? If they will speak Russian, Rheinland must speak full German, in Kusari you will be screwed without knowing Japanese and entering Gallia would on your own risk without having at least basic French.
That would improve the ingame roleplay for sure. No more playing without google translator ready. Especially traders will enjoy making such lenghty conversations full of translating stuff back and forth when encountering local lawfuls or unlawfuls.