If you use binmode, the problem goes away. For example: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

binmode STDOUT, ':encoding(utf8)';

my $file = '/root/Desktop/russian';
open FILE, "<:utf8", $file or die $!;
my (@data1) = <FILE>;
close(FILE);

use open(':encoding(utf8)');
open( FILE, $file ) or die "can not open $file";
my (@data2) = <FILE>;
close(FILE);

die "different size" if scalar @data1 != scalar @data2;
while (@data1) {
    my $s1 = shift @data1;
    my $s2 = shift @data2;
    print "1: $s1\n2: $s2\n";
    die "different data" if $s1 ne $s2;
}

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In reply to Re: different utf8 method = different behaviour? by Khen1950fx
in thread different utf8 method = different behaviour? by erwan

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