I don’t mean that a relationship with a Russian woman is just a financial transaction, but that Russian dating culture has a strong emphasis on gifts and romance that has largely gone by the wayside in the West. On the one hand, when you’re trawling sites specifically set to match young Russian women to past-their-prime men, you’re an idiot if you think both sides aren’t acting on some predatory/mercenary level. She’s opening the door for you to take the next step and to come in on a deeper level. Like anywhere else, Russian women can be super-feminist, ultra-conservative, want 10 kids, want none, or anything in between.