I traveled to Moscow last year for a vacation. There were so many beautiful women walking around alone. Earlier this year, after being unsatisfied with my matches on eHarmony, I changed the search to include Russia. I immediately started getting batches of sometimes beautiful girls. In the very first batch was my now girlfriend. We talked for two months and then met in London. She’s visited the States and I’m headed back over to Moscow to see her again in September. She’s smart, funny, educated (3 degrees) and has a great job with an international financial company. She is anything but a mail order bride.
...oh, and speaks perfect English.
I believe that in terms of “cultural compatibility” (IMO, VERY important), eastern European people are probably much closer to American values of 40 years ago then the younger people here today.