i was doing some kind of juryrigging.. but in pictures folder there is rpgmvp file called "003-Распутье".. i just renamed it to "[astrid" and got past it. (Made a safety copy just incase and kept original file with original name in same folder).
my ape logic was initially that dev just forgot to rename that particular file.. only one in cyrillic, but more likely answer is that game didnt jam because it found "something" with that name.