Russian woman tried to kill her Italian husband

San Salvo, Italy, 2009. A Russion national Elena Basova (50) has been arrested on charges of attempted murder and grievous bodily harm. The victim was her Italian husband O.I. (78). Basova had come to Italy to work as a nurse. There she met the victim, described by his contacts as "vigorous and active old man", and then they got married in 2008. After getting married they moved into a new lodging where the man, being isolated from his usual circle of friends and neighbours, became the victim of all types of abuses: he was beaten, humiliated and his Russian wife even came to torture him with burning cigarettes.

Russian woman kills lover after drunken altercation

Dubai, UAE, 2014. A Russian woman was arrested by the Dubai Police on Saturday for allegedly stabbing her lover to death in his flat in Al Qusais area in Dubai after she suspected him of infidelity.

My financial strategy? Find a new husband, Russian beauty queen tells divorce hearing

A Russian beauty queen and actress at the centre of a £6 million divorce battle at the Royal Courts of Justice in London has outlined her plans to secure her financial future: find new husband. Ekaterina Parfenova, who is seeking a multi-million pound settlement from her estranged husband Richard Fields, an American lawyer, said she had no plans to work but is a “very good wife” and hopes to remarry. 

She is vying for a £2.6 million share of their estimated £6 million assets plus an annual payout of up to £750,000. That would include £75,000 a year for holidays and mortgage payments on a £5.5 million flat near Kensington Palace.

Seeing a different side of women once you speak the local language fluently

I have once come across a thread on one forum dedicated to so called "pickup". American user matthewshannon9 told about the real side of foreign women once you speak their language fluently. In his case it was about Russian women. Very concise and veracious testimony and I am going to repost it here: