If you search for a Russian girl on a "Russian Women" Agency site that is in English language and markets women to Americans and Western men in general there is a huge probability that you will either get scammed or if by chance there is a real woman behind a picture she may be a gold digger, pro-dater or a Green Card Girl.

The vast majority of Good, family oriented women will not look for a man from some other country. They have strong family ties, friends, career, they love their country and their culture and they would not intentionally want to leave all that behind! Marrying a foreigner is actually a negative for them, not a plus! That's the kind of person you do want to marry! The only reason that they are single and looking is because statistically, there are quite a bit more marriage minded women than men in Russia! Russian men really got it made! By the time a girl is around 25 years old she's had her share of players, alcoholics and abusive men. She wants to find a good, family oriented, stable man to create a family with. But her chances of finding him in Russia are slim, so some girls will talk to a foreign guy. But the vast majority of Russian women would never look for or contact a foreign man first! If a Russian woman falls in love with you, she will follow you anywhere, no matter what country you are from... even if you live in North Korea! But generally she will never make the first move! You've got to contact her first!

Things are different in Russia now compared to 7 or 10 years ago and women are not looking to get out just for economic reasons, which is a good thing actually.
There is still a shortage of available, marriage minded single men, so Western men still have a very good chance of meeting a good woman who is not just looking for a stepping stone to the US (or another Western country) but rather a soulmate. If you win her heart, you will have a solid relationship.
There are plenty of beautiful, family oriented single women in Russia / Ukraine (if you know where to look and how to talk to them) but you will not find them on Yahoo, Match or CL. Match and Yahoo actually block Russian IPs so the
only "Russian Girls" there are scammers in my opinion.
It's pretty much a 100% sure thing that if you get approached by a "Russian woman" on any english speaking web site it's going to be a scam. Normal Russian women without ulterior motives would not typically seek out and contact foreigners. They just don't do that!!!

A Russian woman typically can not come here "to meet you" A typical scam is when a girl (or in some cases a man pretending to be a girl) after writing a few very  long warm letters tells you that she is falling in love with you and now she is ready to come to the USA to meet you in person, "to be with you".
Her sick grandma gave her blessing to come to you, and you are very excited with anticipation of having this gorgeous young
thing arriving to your door step and throwing herself into your arms...Everything is set. She sent you a copy of her passport and visa... But...but....
but she "suddenly" needs several hundred dollars (usually around $800 to $2000) wired to her because she is just a little short. It's a scam!!!
You will never see the girl or your money again.
You should know that before you can bring a girl here on a fiancée visa (K-1), you will have to meet her in person outside of the USA and have proof of that. So if you are not willing or prepared to do that, this might not be for you.

A single Russian woman of marriagable age generally can't get into the USA any other way than on a Fiance visa that you will have to initiate. You must be a US citizen to bring a girl here from Russia. You should also be aware that in order for you to qualify for a fiancée visa Department of Homeland Security will ask you to produce your income tax returns for the past 3 years that show you make income that is at least 25% above the US poverty level which is around 15K a year.
Basically you will not qualify if your adjusted gross income is much under $20K a year, unless you have substantial cash or real estate assets or have a co-signer.

There is another way!

When I was looking for my wife, I realized that searching in English will not produce good results (as you probably did by now) I started doing searches in Russian on Russian internet and found real, free, local Russian dating sites, similar to Myspace or match.com only all in Russian language, where there are millions of women advertising, looking for LOCAL men. Those sites are direct contact, no agencies or 3rd parties! They are all in Russian language and don't target American / Western men, therefore you actually meet and get to know the real women and not scammers. Some of those women will be open to getting to know an American / European man, even though they are not specifically looking for one. You do need to be able to read a girl's profile in Russian to understand what exactly she is looking for. There are all kinds of ads, not all of them are looking for a serious relationship or marriage, and some specifically state: "NO FOREIGNERS!!!" so without fluent knowledge of Russian I wouldn't recommend doing this on your own.

Remember, the key is to find a girl that is looking for the same things you do, someone that you'd have things in common with, similar interests, goals in life, values and obviously mutual attraction has to be there as well. I can help you find Russian women according to your specifications, exactly the type of woman you are looking for.

It's exactly like you'd be looking for a woman on www.match.com only unlike Match, the odds are definitely in your favor on local Russian sites! And with my help there is no language barrier! I will help you find honest, family oriented women that fit your criteria and with my translation you will get to know them very well as if you both speak the same language.

So I will help you create your ads in Russian language, complete with photos and description on several local Russian sites, search for and contact girls that fit your criteria, and translate your correspondence with them. These will be the real women, no scam, and you will be talking and getting to know them within a couple of days of working with me.

Within a few weeks of working with me you will have talked to many girls and you will narrow down your search to 3 or 4 girls that you feel you truly "connected" with and now you are developing a good online friendship / relationship with them, with some romantic overtones. You can also make three-way phone calls to them with me on the line to help you translate the conversation. Once you are ready, we can schedule a trip to Russia to meet your 3 or 4 chosen candidates and spend a few days with each, getting to know them in person and figuring out who you have the best connection and chemistry with.

I help my clients with all the logistics - scheduling dates, renting apartments (which can save you thousands of $$$ compared to staying at a hotel), arrange transportation, visa application and at the end with K-1, fiancée visa application.
You can optionally have me travel to Russia or Ukraine with you, to help with translation, selection process and many other things like arranging transportation, accommodations, coordinating dates, evaluating the women you date, taking photos, etc. Since a deeper level of communication is the key to finding your mate it would make a lot more sense to have me travel with you. I will be available to you 24/7 to do translation.

Once you return to the USA you can submit the paperwork to get your chosen girl a fiancée (K-1) visa to come here. I can also help you with that somewhat tricky process. I offer a very personal, one on one service and will hold your hand through this whole process. You will always have me to give you my honest opinion and advice and protect you against scam and you will find that part of my service extremely valuable.

I use PayPal to bill my clients weekly for my services. As you know PayPal is a secure way to do online business, and since you pay one week at a time you don't have to come up with a lot of money upfront. Pay as you go and you can always quit after the first week if you are not satisfied. But I assure you that you will be pleasantly surprised at the quality and the number of women you will be meeting with my help.

I would like to stress that I'M NOT AN AGENCY, I offer a very unique, personal, one on one service which is more like a consultant, translator and some of my clients call me their "Wingman". I help you search for Russian women that fit your criteria who are outside of the normal agency circuit, on local Russian Internet sites that are in russian language and where women are NOT looking for foreign men!!! These women are not tainted by the MOB (Mail Order Bride) industry.

That's where I find some real gems! That's how I found my wife and I can help you find your soulmate using the same method.