diff --git a/lib/search.rb b/lib/search.rb
index ab2c0787c..cf0d45b15 100644
--- a/lib/search.rb
+++ b/lib/search.rb
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ module Search
                   u.username AS title,
                   u.email,
                   NULL AS color
-          FROM users AS u
-          JOIN users_search s on s.id = u.id
-          WHERE s.search_data @@ TO_TSQUERY('english', :query)
-          ORDER BY last_posted_at desc
+    FROM users AS u
+    JOIN users_search s on s.id = u.id
+    WHERE s.search_data @@ TO_TSQUERY(:locale, :query)
+    ORDER BY last_posted_at desc
+    LIMIT :limit
     "
   end
 
@@ -36,14 +37,16 @@ module Search
     FROM topics AS ft
       JOIN posts AS p ON p.topic_id = ft.id AND p.post_number = 1
       JOIN posts_search s on s.id = p.id
-    WHERE s.search_data @@ TO_TSQUERY('english', :query)
+    WHERE s.search_data @@ TO_TSQUERY(:locale, :query)
       AND ft.deleted_at IS NULL
       AND ft.visible
       AND ft.archetype <> '#{Archetype.private_message}'
     ORDER BY
-            TS_RANK_CD(TO_TSVECTOR('english', ft.title), TO_TSQUERY('english', :query)) desc,
-            TS_RANK_CD(search_data, TO_TSQUERY('english', :query)) desc,
-            bumped_at desc"
+            TS_RANK_CD(TO_TSVECTOR(:locale, ft.title), TO_TSQUERY(:locale, :query)) desc,
+            TS_RANK_CD(search_data, TO_TSQUERY(:locale, :query)) desc,
+            bumped_at desc
+    LIMIT :limit
+    "
   end
 
 
@@ -57,14 +60,16 @@ module Search
     FROM topics AS ft
       JOIN posts AS p ON p.topic_id = ft.id AND p.post_number <> 1
       JOIN posts_search s on s.id = p.id
-    WHERE s.search_data @@ TO_TSQUERY('english', :query)
+    WHERE s.search_data @@ TO_TSQUERY(:locale, :query)
       AND ft.deleted_at IS NULL and p.deleted_at IS NULL
       AND ft.visible
       AND ft.archetype <> '#{Archetype.private_message}'
     ORDER BY
-            TS_RANK_CD(TO_TSVECTOR('english', ft.title), TO_TSQUERY('english', :query)) desc,
-            TS_RANK_CD(search_data, TO_TSQUERY('english', :query)) desc,
-            bumped_at desc"
+            TS_RANK_CD(TO_TSVECTOR(:locale, ft.title), TO_TSQUERY(:locale, :query)) desc,
+            TS_RANK_CD(search_data, TO_TSQUERY(:locale, :query)) desc,
+            bumped_at desc
+    LIMIT :limit
+    "
   end
 
   def self.category_query_sql
@@ -76,15 +81,27 @@ module Search
             c.color
     FROM categories AS c
     JOIN categories_search s on s.id = c.id
-    WHERE s.search_data @@ TO_TSQUERY('english', :query)
+    WHERE s.search_data @@ TO_TSQUERY(:locale, :query)
     ORDER BY topics_month desc
+    LIMIT :limit
     "
   end
 
+  def self.current_locale_long
+    case I18n.locale         # Currently-present in /conf/locales/* only, sorry :-( Add as needed
+      when :ru then 'russian'
+      when :fr then 'french'
+      when :nl then 'dutch'
+      when :sv then 'swedish'
+      else 'english'
+    end
+  end
+
   def self.query(term, type_filter=nil)
 
     return nil if term.blank?
-    sanitized_term = term.gsub(/[^0-9a-zA-Z_ ]/, '')
+    sanitized_term = PG::Connection.escape_string(term.gsub(/[:()&!]/,'')) # Instead of original term.gsub(/[^0-9a-zA-Z_ ]/, '')
+    # We are stripping only symbols taking place in FTS and simply sanitizing the rest.
 
     # really short terms are totally pointless
     return nil if sanitized_term.blank? || sanitized_term.length < self.min_search_term_length
@@ -94,14 +111,13 @@ module Search
 
     if type_filter.present?
       raise Discourse::InvalidAccess.new("invalid type filter") unless Search.facets.include?(type_filter)
-      sql = Search.send("#{type_filter}_query_sql") << " LIMIT #{Search.per_facet * Search.facets.size}"
-      db_result = ActiveRecord::Base.exec_sql(sql , query: terms.join(" & "))
+      sql = Search.send("#{type_filter}_query_sql")
+      db_result = ActiveRecord::Base.exec_sql(sql , query: terms.join(" & "), locale: current_locale_long, limit: Search.per_facet * Search.facets.size)
     else
 
       db_result = []
       [user_query_sql, category_query_sql, topic_query_sql].each do |sql|
-        sql << " LIMIT " << (Search.per_facet + 1).to_s
-        db_result += ActiveRecord::Base.exec_sql(sql , query: terms.join(" & ")).to_a
+        db_result += ActiveRecord::Base.exec_sql(sql , query: terms.join(" & "),locale: current_locale_long, limit: (Search.per_facet + 1)).to_a
       end
     end
 
@@ -118,8 +134,8 @@ module Search
     end
 
     if expected_topics > 0
-      tmp = ActiveRecord::Base.exec_sql "#{post_query_sql} limit :per_facet",
-        query: terms.join(" & "), per_facet: expected_topics * 3
+      tmp = ActiveRecord::Base.exec_sql post_query_sql,
+        query: terms.join(" & "), locale: current_locale_long, limit: expected_topics * 3
 
       topic_ids = Set.new db_result.map{|r| r["id"]}
 
diff --git a/spec/components/search_spec.rb b/spec/components/search_spec.rb
index 422b4de20..432886e77 100644
--- a/spec/components/search_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/search_spec.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'search'
 
@@ -70,8 +72,7 @@ describe Search do
   end
 
   it 'escapes non alphanumeric characters' do
-    ActiveRecord::Base.expects(:exec_sql).never
-    Search.query(':!$').should be_blank
+    Search.query(':!$);}]>@\#\"\'').should be_blank # There are at least three levels of sanitation for Search.query!
   end
 
   it 'works when given two terms with spaces' do
@@ -123,6 +124,20 @@ describe Search do
 
   end
 
+  context 'cyrillic topic' do
+    let!(:cyrillic_topic) { Fabricate(:topic) do
+                                                user
+                                                title { sequence(:title) { |i| "Тестовая запись #{i}" } }
+                                              end
+    }
+    let!(:post) {Fabricate(:post, topic: cyrillic_topic, user: cyrillic_topic.user)}
+    let(:result) { first_of_type(Search.query('запись'), 'topic') }
+
+    it 'finds something when given cyrillic query' do
+      result.should be_present
+    end
+  end
+
   context 'categories' do
 
     let!(:category) { Fabricate(:category) }