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Image metadata gets wrong encoding if non-ASCII
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Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

What happens?:
The Cyrillic parts of metadata get jammed, for instance CityDest becomes Ãåíò instead of Гент and further on.

What should have happened instead?:
Гент should remain Гент, not Ãåíò and further on.

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
Wikimedia Commons
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Windows) as metadata producer for that particular part of metadata for that particular image

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
Tried to fix the issue over https://www.metadata2go.com/edit-metadata but after uploading the "fixed" version to Commons Cyrillic parts became ???? looking.

The issue first reported at Russian tech-forum, later reported at Commons:Graphics village pump

As of now it is not known what software - if any - could be used to fix such issue manually and keep the right result after uploading.