Address Book contact list display

The issue is not Lion exclusive but a general Address Book "feature" The contacts categorizing by the first letter finishes with Z, i.e. it works only for the English alphabet. All contacts in Russian go under "#" category which is extremely inconvenient when using the app both on a laptop and a phone
Is there any known fix for this "feature"? Or maybe it's possible to suggest to the developers to fix the problem?
Thank you very much for any hints!

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