I started using Elena's Models dating site in April, 2008 after having been scammed by a "Russian woman" on Match.com. On Elena's, I was soon contacted by a beautiful Russian woman, Alena, and we started a daily communication until I finally visited her in August, 2008. We spent two weeks together in her home city of Astrakhan, then we flew to Moscow for a week. We hit it off and our relationship flourished. We continued to communicate and decided to marry in July, 2009. We started the laborious paperwork task required by the USA to bring my bride to this country and I even paid a third visit to Russia in November 2009. Although I speak little Russian and her little English, we were able to communicate much better in person without translators. I had never traveled to Russia before and was absolutely shocked to see how corrupt things were. I had to bribe 5 officials with Cognac to make the marriage happen but we weathered the difficulties and were married July 27. Alena is a wonderful woman, the best I have ever met in my life, and we are both extremely happy. She will make San Diego the new home for her, her daughter and son and should be arriving in June 2010. She has never traveled to the USA and I have tried to describe the difference between Astrakhan and San Diego but she must experience it herself. I will say that Elena's Models is a good, legit site. Matt