diff --git a/etc/login.conf b/etc/login.conf
index 5481f46195f4..2cc67309ed39 100644
--- a/etc/login.conf
+++ b/etc/login.conf
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ root:\
 # Russian Users Accounts. Setup proper environment variables.
 #
 russian|Russian Users Accounts:\
-	:charset=KOI8-R:\
-	:lang=ru_RU.KOI8-R:\
+	:charset=UTF-8:\
+	:lang=ru_RU.UTF-8:\
 	:tc=default: