Hi,

I don't have Russian data to work with right now, but the instructions in this website work, at least in the console.

Best,

Fiorella Dotti

http://quantifyingmemory.blogspot.com.es/2013/01/r-and-foreign-characters.html

I didn't work with Russian, but I believe that the rational underline is the same: use UTF-8.

Most tools should just work with UTF-8.

At http://vanatteveldt.com/learningr/ I've put some files under "Dealing with textual data" that might be of interest to you, feel free to use and distribute.

Hi, the problem is that UTF-8 won't consistently display on data as well as console output on R Studio, as far as I've seen.

Thanks for your answers! 

I think Fiorella is right regarding UTF-8 and RStudio for Windows. It seems to be easier to run Wubi or install Ubuntu as dual-boot system. Gries (2013: 166-172) proposed a model for working with non-English non-ASCII data on Ubuntu that seems to work properly. 

Many thanks! 

Hi Benamí,

Sys.setlocale did work for me on Windows 8, 64 bit, R studio 64-bit. Hope it helps. I also keep a dual boot computer (Windows 7 / Ubuntu) for "scientific emergencies".

Best,

Fiorella

Fiorella, many thanks!