--- include/struct.h	Sat Jul  3 19:04:17 2004
+++ include/struct.h	Mon Aug  9 19:31:36 2004
@@ -1602,7 +1602,13 @@
 
 #define	BadPtr(x) (!(x) || (*(x) == '\0'))
 
+#ifndef RUSSIAN_IRCD
 #define	isvalid(c) (((c) >= 'A' && (c) <= '~') || isdigit(c) || (c) == '-')
+#else
+#define	isvalid(c) (((c) >= 'A' && (c) <= '~') || isdigit(c) || (c) == '-' || \
+			((u_char)(c) >= 0xc0 && (u_char)(c) <= 0xff) || \
+			(u_char)(c) == 0xa8 || (u_char)(c) == 0xb8)
+#endif
 
 /* remote fds are set to -256, else its a local fd (a local fd
  * can get -1 or -2 in case it has been closed). -- Syzop