Questions & Answers regarding the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA)
Q. What is IMBRA?
A. IMBRA (International Marriage Broker Regulation Act) is legislation that, in theory, is supposed to give foreign women more information about US men. It was attached (it failed to pass when it was initially introduced on its own) to […]

Q: My Russian woman fiancée doesn’t want anyone to know that she is going to marry an American and leave for the USA. Only her family and a few very close friends know about it. Is this strange or what?
When you live in an impoverished country where nobody has anything worth while in their lives, […]

Helping your new Russian bride adjust to life in America.
Moving over to you, your fiancée will be living behind her many friends, parents and life which she is prepared to give up but to which she is used to. Probably, a job, too. She will find herself immersed in a friendly environment speaking a different […]

Don’t let misconceptions stand in your way!
If after all you decided to start the search of your ideal bride to Russia, you have to be aware of some cultural differences. You may be concerned about possible homesickness after your Russian spouse will have moved to your place in the USA.
Let us start with the cultural […]

By Irina Timchenko
These days, when the arrangements for tour of men to Ukraine are taking place, we receive many questions from our web-site visitors, asking to advise what can be done to avoid shyness and misunderstanding when women and men representing different cultures meet for the first time.
We are happy to try and help you […]

Upon first meeting the Russian women I had corresponded with, the initial characteristic that most impressed me was their feminine nature. Ask any man in America what feminine means to him and you will assuredly receive different answers. Therefore, perhaps it is appropriate at this juncture to define feminine. The Random House dictionary defines feminine […]

In my correspondence with Russian women, the two central reasons always given for wanting to marry an American man were, to escape the current economic hardships of Russia and disenchantment with Russian men. Without question, the first reason made perfect sense, causing no consternation on my part. For what is wrong with someone wanting to […]

My name is Inna Serebryakova. I am a Russian woman who came here to the USA at age 37 with my 13 y.o. daughter in August 1998 and married to an American man from Oregon. I used to operate a Russian bride matchmaking agency in Russia and in the USA (in 1999), and men often […]

Understand this. Your Russian bride will almost certainly get through the stress period. Very few of them quit and return home. Russian women are psychologically tough. They will get through it, and they will begin to think of your home as the “real” home, but how long does it take?
For me, a 37 year old […]

Russian women brides - by longtime Member Richard Wright (aka Rvrwind). Richard married and now lives in Tver with his lovely Russain bride. Richard agreed to speak to some Russian women while there, in effort to help them find American husbands, as well as give the readers of the RWGuide more insight into their ideas, […]