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aTTENTION my Russian bride seeking client

Please note that I am not an agency and have no plans to expand in that direction. About 1/4 of my clients, however, are here in connection with Russian women. I regularly find myself involved into "Russian Bride" type projects, and my role ranges from lending a friendly ear to issuing semi-serious advice to watching out for trouble to taking care of of the paperwork and logistics for you. Thus this document to summarize that I can (and cannot) do for Russian bride seekers.

I'm prepared to discuss with you the pros and cons of looking for a wife in Russia, possible obstacles, common pitfalls and how to avoid them, or anything else to help you decide whether you want to embark upon this undertaking. My advice on doing it in the mail-order way is likely to be on the skeptical side.

Access to real Russian women may be obscured by numerous international dating sites. I can help you get beyond the facade. Newspaper ads, in my experience, work best to establish contact with real women who have not yet received hundreds of replies and dozens of presents - a situation likely to develop into "there is always someone better around the corner / let's see who give me more" syndrome. Of course the absolutely proper method is to move here, get a job, and live a normal life till it just happens but very few will do that. Still, your own ad is much preferable to working through an agency. I can also put you in touch with single women from among my personal acquaintances, or with those for whom someone I trust can vouch.

I'm in a good position to place your ad in Tver. Tver is famous for its beautiful women and distorted male to female ratio. Further, women in some of the newer local dating and marriage agencies in Tver may be receiving only 2-3 replies per month, as opposed to hundreds in large international ones. Thus your ad or your profile with the agency stands a real chance of getting noticed.  Same applies to Ryazan, 180 or so kilometers (120 miles) south-east from Moscow.

Special preferences? Don't hesitate to share these with me. Be assured that tastes or needs that differ the norm will not offend me. On the other hand I very well may be able to recommend just how you go about looking for that special someone.

Translations, done on-the-fly, with my comments (optional) to help you truly speak with each other. I understand the nuances and subtleties of both English and Russian and thus can help you to communicate effectively.  

I can deliver your presents and report how the woman in question looks, sounds, or smells in person.

Photos, realistic to the point of cruelty, are my specialization. Being a card-carrying sadist, I will take great pleasure in showing you things that her studio  photograph will not reveal or positively hide, eg. extra weight or crooked teeth or pock-marks or dirt under fingernails.

Also consider a hidden interview. I can send one of my female friends to do that under the guise of delivering your present. The "spy" will express interest in "marrying abroad" as they say here, ask for advice, make make friends, and try to understand the true motives of your Russian bride.

You will not need to worry about the Russian brides scam because scammers - at least all I've encountered so far - operate remotely through large international dating sites. No scammer has so far emerged from a small personal ad in a local newspaper. Suspected scammers had always disappeared when a face-to-face contact with me as your agent was proposed. Contact me if you are being asked for money. A $100 contribution to my cause may very well save you thousands, plus a lot of heartache. 

I can facilitate the paperwork related to your marriage. With some luck we'll get the affidavit of no impediment to marriage and have it sealed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs same or next day.  

Things didn't work out? If your problematic situation is located in Russia, I may help by acting as your agent. I sincerely hope this will not be necessary but I will do whatever my client requires except contract murder (two enquiries of that sort so far) and similar gross transgression of moral and legal boundaries. I totally understand the sentiment but am too much of a wimp to risk ending up in a Russian prison.

 

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A new service to my Russian bride seeking clients:

I've rented out a post office box that is a requirement by the the advertising daily Iz Ruk v Ruki. Now I'm all set to submit your personal ad to this publication that has many times in the past proven its effectiveness in for that sort of things. The average response is 10 letters within 2-3 weeks. 

 

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