Divorced RW experience of dating in the US.

[Trenchcoat]

Belarus is pretty much RUssian-speaking, only people in small villages speak Belorussian. Minsk is also VERY clean and safe from crime I found when visiting.

I found that too when visiting also a couple of years or so before the Virus emerged. I haven't been back since mainly because cost would be a lot more now having to go via Istanbul or similar. There was a lot to like about Belarus, the women dressed in a feminine manner and seem more serious on the whole than Ukrainian women though of course people vary. Crime as you say seemed very low, and it seemed a clean orderly sort of place.

I have visited Ukraine, Russia and Belarus in the past. All could have their potential upsides & downsides. Ukraine & Belarus struck me as preferable for wife hunting to me. Belarus women seemed more serious and down to earth so a potentially sound choice though of course problems and issues can come up with any woman. Ukrainian women I was always drawn to by the more fun and adventurous nature of many of them, though that often seemed to come with a greater risk of potentially a less stable relationship again depending on the girl.

In the end (so far) it seems to cone down a lot to whether a girl is into you, if she's not enough into you problems are likely. Even if she is sound problems can crop up but often not enough to sink a relationship fast as if she's not that into you.

If I was in the market for another girl and Belarus was more easy as it was a while back then I might visit again. The sillyness over plane diversion incident messed that easyness up of course then made worse by the war. So for me Ukraine is still a far cheaper and easier option even with the war ongoing.

[olgac]

It’s funny but among the FSU I know from that forum that married Americans in late 90s to early 2000 all the ones from Belarus actually stayed married till now well except the one my age who married a man much older and now she is a widow 😔. She is from Gomel,Belarus

Maybe just a coincidence

[Trenchcoat]

It’s funny but among the FSU I know from that forum that married Americans in late 90s to early 2000 all the ones from Belarus actually stayed married till now well except the one my age who married a man much older and now she is a widow 😔. She is from Gomel,Belarus

Maybe just a coincidence

That's interesting and useful information Olga. Belarus does indeed seem a more sound bet for finding a FSW in a marriage relationship that will last. To be honest if I had to look again Belarus may be a better choice. While my HF seems ok🤞some of her friends seem too random in that I would kind of pity the guy who got with them. More vibrant and exciting maybe which cam be nice but it can just create too many issues for a stable relationship. That said of course people can vary a little. I think a lot though comes down to the more stable society in Belarus and the less stable more sporadic society in Ukraine.

[olgac]

I am sure there are great women everywhere. You are correct Belarus recently got much worse much more totalitarian. The case with airplane forced to land was very scary. I was last there in 2019. My young friend doesn’t ever want to visit because apparently she donated money to opposition couple years ago on FB and she hears cases of people getting arrested for that.
Same is true in Russia. Few months ago a young RW living in US went to visit family and they jailed her because she donated to Ukraine $25 a year earler! You can look up the story

[Trenchcoat]

I am sure there are great women everywhere. You are correct Belarus recently got much worse much more totalitarian. The case with airplane forced to land was very scary. I was last there in 2019. My young friend doesn’t ever want to visit because apparently she donated money to opposition couple years ago on FB and she hears cases of people getting arrested for that.
Same is true in Russia. Few months ago a young RW living in US went to visit family and they jailed her because she donated to Ukraine $25 a year earler! You can look up the story

Indeed, it's why I never donated money directly to Ukraine for weapons on the site the Ukrainian government set up online even though I support Ukraine in its position. I only ever gave money to humanitarian relief organisations, no big sums though I usually don't bother with charities I generally don't like giving much of my money away. I don't see myself visiting Russia anytime soon but you never know and appearing in the wrong lists they may get hold off somehow probably could lead to bad treatment even if a foreigner, spy accusations, etc.