As a variant: for example i do the following: Run command: bzr init-repository --no-trees sftp://bazaar.09248.ru/bzr Connected (version 2.0, client OpenSSH_4.3) bzr: ERROR: exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc0 in position 4: ordinal not in range(128) Traceback (most recent call last): File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 853, in exception_to_return_code File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 1055, in run_bzr File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 661, in run_argv_aliases File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 665, in run_direct File "bzrlib\cleanup.pyo", line 122, in run_simple File "bzrlib\cleanup.pyo", line 156, in _do_with_cleanups File "C:/Program Files/Bazaar/plugins\qbzr\lib\commands.py", line 788, in run File "C:/Program Files/Bazaar/plugins\qbzr\lib\subprocess.py", line 786, in run_subprocess_command File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 1055, in run_bzr File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 661, in run_argv_aliases File "bzrlib\commands.pyo", line 665, in run_direct File "bzrlib\cleanup.pyo", line 122, in run_simple File "bzrlib\cleanup.pyo", line 156, in _do_with_cleanups File "bzrlib\builtins.pyo", line 1817, in run File "bzrlib\transport\__init__.pyo", line 368, in ensure_base File "bzrlib\transport\sftp.pyo", line 662, in mkdir File "bzrlib\transport\sftp.pyo", line 638, in _mkdir File "bzrlib\transport\sftp.pyo", line 397, in _get_sftp File "bzrlib\transport\sftp.pyo", line 389, in _create_connection File "bzrlib\transport\ssh.pyo", line 330, in connect_sftp File "bzrlib\transport\ssh.pyo", line 326, in _connect File "bzrlib\transport\ssh.pyo", line 540, in _paramiko_auth File "bzrlib\config.pyo", line 1288, in get_password File "C:/Program Files/Bazaar/plugins\qbzr\lib\subprocess.py", line 735, in get_password File "C:/Program Files/Bazaar/plugins\qbzr\lib\subprocess.py", line 726, in _get_answer_from_main File "C:/Program Files/Bazaar/plugins\qbzr\lib\subprocess.py", line 847, in bencode_prompt UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc0 in position 4: ordinal not in range(128) bzr 2.1.1 on python 2.5.4 (Windows-Vista-6.1.7600) arguments: ['C:\\Program Files\\Bazaar\\bzr.exe', 'qsubprocess', '--bencode', 'l15:init-repository10:--no-trees26:sftp://bazaar.09248.ru/bzre'] encoding: 'cp1251', fsenc: 'mbcs', lang: None plugins: bzrtools C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\bzrtools [2.1.0] explorer C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\explorer [1.0.1] launchpad C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\launchpad [2.1.1] netrc_credential_store C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\netrc_credential_store [2.1.1] news_merge C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\news_merge [2.1.1] qbzr C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\qbzr [0.18.4] rebase C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\rebase [0.5.5] svn C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\svn [1.0.2] upload C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\upload [1.0.0dev] xmloutput C:\Program Files\Bazaar\plugins\xmloutput [0.8.7.dev] *** Bazaar has encountered an internal error. This probably indicates a bug in Bazaar. You can help us fix it by filing a bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+filebug including this traceback and a description of the problem.