Error during translation: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character

Binary package hint: parted

Here is a problem in Ubuntu 8.10 parted package (version: 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-7ubuntu7).
Locale used in system: ru_UA.UTF-8 (russian)
trouble is looks like:

| root@fqc:~# parted /dev/sda print
| Модель: ATA Maxtor 6Y120L0 (scsi)
| Диск /dev/sda: 123GB
| Размер сектора (логический/физический): 512B/512B
| Таблица разделов: msdos
|
| Error during translation: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character

If localization is not used, no errors on same operation:

| root@fqc:~# LC_ALL=C parted /dev/sda print
| Model: ATA Maxtor 6Y120L0 (scsi)
| Disk /dev/sda: 123GB
| Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
| Partition Table: msdos
|
| Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
| 1 32.3kB 5001MB 5001MB primary reiserfs boot
| 2 5001MB 6021MB 1020MB primary linux-swap
| 3 6021MB 46.0GB 40.0GB primary ext3
| 4 46.0GB 123GB 76.9GB primary ext3
|

Looks like word "Number" is "translated" to russian as some symbol, like "№", wich can't be translated by some reason.