The interest in career making depends mostly upon the woman's past.

If she has a good education and used to have a challenging job in Russia, she will probably get fed up of staying at home in 3-4 months even if she enjoyed it a lot in the beginning.

For the majority of Russian women being a housewife is a kind of unaffordable luxury: the economic situation pushes Russian women to work to provide for their families.

No wonder, it's considered as a sign of well being when a wife can stay at home, and a social status of a housewife is high in Russia.

At the same time in Russia it's much more difficult for a woman to make career than for a man.

Looking for vacancies in Russian newspapers you will notice that 90% of the ads appeal only to male candidates.

Pointing the gender as a requirement for a position is not considered to be a discrimination.

Russian women are paid less, and have fewer career opportunities. Salaries in Russia are pretty small, and even a successful career doesn't guarantee good living standards.

All the factors together may explain why Russian women are not as interested in careers as their Western sisters.

Family life gives Russian women much more satisfaction and joy.

They probably would be happy "to make a career" but never had a chance (if one considers the word "career" in its Western meaning: high position in a stable company, high salary providing high living standards, status and respect).

If you never had a chance to try a caviar, how can you say if you like it or not?

Even if a Russian woman has reached a high position, she will never be considered as equal due to predominant men's chauvinism.

A Russian woman will have to prove every day that she is not a "chicken" (very famous old Russian proverb: Chicken is not a bird, woman is not a human being).

Making career in Russia is what a reasonable person won't bother about: no money, no respect and to spend lot of effort on it- what for? Dissatisfaction guaranteed.

Generally, Russian women are used to working. I believe, they like to work.

The first few month she definitely won't be working but staying at home: she must get used to a different life style, customs and rules. She is not aware if her knowledge and skills are worth anything.

When she realizes what she can get having a good job, and is able to get this job - well, you may be surprised.

Russian women who try to find a husband abroad are different from the rest of Russian females.

There were special scholarships for the best students, for example I received a special scholarship, which was equal to the minimum salary.

After Perestroyka things started to fall apart but Russian education is still good enough and quite affordable.

Anybody can still receive the best university education for free, all she needs to do is to prove her knowledge by passing entering tests.

College education is even more affordable. Most professional schools are free of charge.

First time after arriving in the West a Russian woman can seem stupid because of her ignorance about simple everyday things.

She probably doesn't know how to deal with kitchen equipment or an automatic washing machine. She is definitely not aware about payment by check or credit card.

99,9% of Russians use only cash as payment means. After quite a few occasions when money on bank accounts in Russia lost their value in 4-10 times for a few days, Russians do not trust banks and prefer to keep money in cash.

Please understand: she is not stupid, she just never used those facilities. A Russian women will get right with the things as well as the language.

Russians do not need English or any other foreign language in their daily life. During the Soviet time learning a foreign language was considered as needless and even harmful.

Russians received a chance to watch English speaking TV channels just a few years ago, and it's accessible only through cable TV, which is quite expensive.

Russian women ARE interested in your financial situation, as well as you are interested in their beauty and good character. It's just normal.

The other thing is that their understanding of a good financial situation is different. The average western family has living standards, which are accessible only for the top income group in Russia.

A Russian woman is definitely interested if you have a stable secure job to provide for the family, own a house or have another property.

She of course will decide in your favor not only because of your money, but your financial security is of great importance for her on the introduction stage.

At the same time any your attempt to impress Russian women with your wealth will receive a negative response. We all usually have at least two reasons for doing something: the real one and the one that sounds good.

Russian women genuinely believe that the reasons why they are looking for a husband abroad are the lack of men in Russia and their terrible habits.

They will tell you that the wealth of your soul is much more important than the wealth of your bank account.

Yes, it's true, but keep in mind that it's not all the truth.

Russian women are worried about moving to a strange country, and of course they don't want to plunge themselves in a worse situation than they are currently in. They do want to find a better life.

It's an absolutely normal aspiration for a human being.