When it comes to Russian women dating, the stereotype is all Russian women are scammers and only want to be dating foreign men for their money?

So goes the generalisation about why Russian women want to be dating foreigners. Obviously this is false. There are so many thousands of success stories that so overwhelm the bad stories. So what motivates a Russian woman to find a man in another country?

The big myth is Russia women are all scammers out to get your money, or that they live a life of abject poverty and are desperate to get out. This isn’t it. In a nutshell, there is a shortage of good quality men in Russia.

Lets have a bit of a closer look.

(a) Demographics. There is a gender imbalance in Russia meaning there are more women than men. Why? I’m not too sure of all the reasons, but Russian men have a comparatively low life expectancy which has at least something to do with it.

(b) Quality. A lot of Russian men take advantage of this gender imbalance to act like dicks. They can get away with acting badly as it is essentially a ‘sellers market’ for men. This creates an even smaller pool of available and desirable men.

(c) Stability. Russia has a long history of instability, so stability is very attractive. Thus a decently paid, steady job is very attractive.

What there is a shortage of is intelligent, kind, honest men with good jobs. This doesn’t mean there aren’t any good quality men in Russia. On the contrary, there are of course millions and millions. There just aren’t quite enough of them.

Don’t be mistaken however. Your country (especially a warm climate) and income are attractive to Russian women, and hypergamy (the practice of selecting a spouse of higher socio-economic status than oneself) is prevalent everywhere in the world.

So these are factors. But in themselves they wouldn’t be enough for such large numbers of Russian women to be eager for a foreign husband. It is the reasons above which tip them over into wanting a foreign husband.

There are some scammers – maybe 1%. But they are very easy to spot so aren’t a big concern.

For the great majority of Russian women interested in dating foreign men, the reasons and intentions are good.