# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
res = []
res_1 = []
testline = 'привет'
testline_1 = u'привет'
for i in testline:
    res.append(i)
    
for b in testline_1:
    res_1.append(b)
    
print res
print res_1
print testline
print testline_1

 ['\xd0', '\xbf', '\xd1', '\x80', '\xd0', '\xb8', '\xd0', '\xb2', '\xd0', '\xb5', '\xd1', '\x82']
[u'\u043f', u'\u0440', u'\u0438', u'\u0432', u'\u0435', u'\u0442']
привет
привет

 # -*- coding: cp1251 -*-
res = []
res_1 = []
testline = 'привет'
testline_1 = u'привет'
for i in testline:
    res.append(i)
    
for b in testline_1:
    res_1.append(b)
    
print res
print res_1
print testline
print testline_1

 ['\xef', '\xf0', '\xe8', '\xe2', '\xe5', '\xf2']
[u'\u043f', u'\u0440', u'\u0438', u'\u0432', u'\u0435', u'\u0442']
привет
привет

 a = 'привет'
print a

 привет