displaying output from table.

[tim0]

i'm using a perl script.
i have a problem displaying the output of my table.
the content of the fields are in russian language.

in the table itself, for the field i'm using:
Collation:utf8_bin
Type: Varchar(22)
it works normal when i look at it using PHPmyAdmin.

when i run a perl script to display the table output i see ????????????? instead of the russian characters....

How do i display it?

[tim0]

I can only save in ANSI encoding
cause the rest of the encodings give me a 500internal error.

but ANSI doesnt accept russian chars.
UTF-8 accepts russian chars but doesn't compile in the cgi-bin

any ideas how to display it?