Emacs, Linux and international keyboard layouts

Question

Is there an easy way to use Emacs key-bindings when you are using a not-English (Russian) keyboard layout?

Whenever an international layout is on, all keystrokes are

Answer 1

You can set input method (kudos go to kindahero) by typing

M-x set-input-method RET cyrillic-yawerty RET

or

M-x set-input-method RET cyrillic-jcuken RET

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To store it permanently, add

(setq default-input-method "cyrillic-yawerty")

to ~/.emacs config (and use C-\ to switch between keyboard layouts).