About Katya Expertise I am Russian, I was a child when I emigrated, and felt like I had lost my roots for a while. So when the time came, I studied a bit about my own culture, and sort of reclaimed my heritage. I hope I know a fair bit about Russia, not only from being Russia and speaking Russian etc. but also through my own journey of finding out more about Russian culture.
Experience I am Russian and have studied a bit about Russian culture, as well as doing a intercultural communication course at university.
Organizations World Vision.
Education/Credentials One year left of my bachelor degree in international relations.
Question Would you happen to know what the current culture of Russia is like? A friend tells me they are leaning back into being a communist nation. I'd received a reply to a personal ad I'd posted locally on craigslist.com, and a very attractive Russian girl replied to it talking about wanting to move to the United States, and talk about marriage and romance and how she takes good care of her man, etc. I'm under the impression she wants to find an American to marry to get out of Russia and live in the United States. lol. If that were true that doesn't speak very kindly of how things might be in Russia. Do you think this girl wants to escape Russia and get U.S. citizenship?
Answer Well no things in Russia are not really that bad. I would expand the question: do you think this girl wants to escape Russia and get U.S. citizenship so she can have your money? YES, especially the last bit. Other alternatives is that she is really poor and wants you to support her, she just has a dream of moving to USA, and very often you come across fishy things like, send me some money please, and then they disappear.
Sorry, my opinion of mail order brides is not incredibly high. She may either be a scammer or she could not happy with her life in Russia, but there are many women who are happy over there with their lives too, just like in any country.
