I can also recommend two paid graded readers in the LingQ Store. I did them after the Mini Stories and Olly Richards’ Crazy Dumplings story.
Queen of Spades
https://www.lingq.com/en/learn/ru/web/library/course/1342859
Scarlet Sails
https://www.lingq.com/en/learn/ru/web/library/course/1327651
They are interesting stories and considering how many times you will repeat the story, it’s worth the investment. With a new alphabet, it just takes a long time to associate the new letters with sounds at a subconscious level, so you really do need to do lots of repetition of reading while listening.
@mark.e But nothing scary about Russian at all. It just takes time.