Comment 1 for bug 1388555

This is easy to confirm:

[openxs@centos ~]$ mysql -uroot test
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mysql> set names utf8;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> select 'фи';
+------+
| фи |
+------+
| фи |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> set statement character_set_client = latin5 for select 'фи';
+------+
| фи |
+------+
| фи |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> set character_set_client = latin5;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> select 'фи';
+----------+
| �и |
+----------+
| �и |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)