diff --git easytag/src/setting.c easytag/src/setting.c

index 6e67d84..5a8ed38 100755

--- easytag/src/setting.c

+++ easytag/src/setting.c

@@ -395,6 +395,20 @@ void Init_Config_Variables (void)

     AUDIO_FILE_PLAYER                       = g_strdup("xmms -p");

 #endif

+    char * charset;

+

+    charset = getenv( "LC_ALL" );

+    if( charset == NULL || charset[0] == '\0' ) {

+        charset = getenv( "LC_CTYPE" );

+        if( charset == NULL || charset[0] == '\0') {

+            charset = getenv( "LANG" );

+        }

+    }

+

+    int ru = ( strncmp( charset, "ru_RU", 5 ) == 0 ) ||

+         ( strncmp( charset, "be_BY", 5 ) == 0 ) ||

+         ( strncmp( charset, "uk_UA", 5) == 0 );

+

     /*

      * File Settings

      */

@@ -415,8 +429,8 @@ void Init_Config_Variables (void)

     WRITE_ID3_TAGS_IN_FLAC_FILE                     = 0;

     STRIP_TAG_WHEN_EMPTY_FIELDS                     = 1;

     CONVERT_OLD_ID3V2_TAG_VERSION                   = 1;

-    USE_NON_STANDARD_ID3_READING_CHARACTER_SET      = 0;

-    FILE_READING_ID3V1V2_CHARACTER_SET              = g_strdup("UTF-8");

+    USE_NON_STANDARD_ID3_READING_CHARACTER_SET      = ru ? 1 : 0;

+    FILE_READING_ID3V1V2_CHARACTER_SET              = ru ? g_strdup("windows-1251") : g_strdup("UTF-8");

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_WRITE_TAG                    = 1;

 #ifdef WIN32

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_VERSION_4                    = 0;

@@ -425,18 +439,18 @@ void Init_Config_Variables (void)

 #endif

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_USE_CRC32                    = 0;

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_USE_COMPRESSION              = 0;

-    FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_USE_UNICODE_CHARACTER_SET    = 1;

+    FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_USE_UNICODE_CHARACTER_SET    = ru ? 0 : 1;

 #ifdef WIN32

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_UNICODE_CHARACTER_SET        = g_strdup("UTF-16");

 #else

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_UNICODE_CHARACTER_SET        = g_strdup("UTF-8");

 #endif

-    FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_NO_UNICODE_CHARACTER_SET     = g_strdup("ISO-8859-1");

+    FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_NO_UNICODE_CHARACTER_SET     = ru ? g_strdup("windows-1251") : g_strdup("ISO-8859-1");

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_ICONV_OPTIONS_NO             = 1;

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_ICONV_OPTIONS_TRANSLIT       = 0;

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V2_ICONV_OPTIONS_IGNORE         = 0;

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V1_WRITE_TAG                    = 1;

-    FILE_WRITING_ID3V1_CHARACTER_SET                = g_strdup("ISO-8859-1");

+    FILE_WRITING_ID3V1_CHARACTER_SET                = ru ? g_strdup("windows-1251") : g_strdup("ISO-8859-1");

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V1_ICONV_OPTIONS_NO             = 0;

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V1_ICONV_OPTIONS_TRANSLIT       = 1;

     FILE_WRITING_ID3V1_ICONV_OPTIONS_IGNORE         = 0;