On Thu, Jan 12, 2017, at 13:13, Oleg Broytman wrote: > Works for me as expected: > > $ echo $LC_CTYPE > ru_RU.KOI8-R > > $ LC_MESSAGES=ru_RU.KOI8-R mc > > mc speaks to me in Russian... > > $ LC_MESSAGES=C mc I meant LC_CTYPE=C. Or, for that matter, UTF-8 etc.