Steven, it do not depends by women or man. It depends where an hipotetical couple wants to goto live. If I'm a russian woman and I want to go to live abroad with a man in a country I do no t know and I'm clever not an idiot, I should first to know this country! Second: I should like to know this man where he lives, what he does, who he is! You might be anyone in Russia, also one living in a cellar or a married man! Different situation if you want to live in Russia! In this case it's better you visit first woman and Russia.
I repeat: a western man visiting Russia first or even worst a third territory is an uneuseful lost of time and money if woman wants to live where western man lives! It's not a lost of time if this man wants only sex or not stable relationship, because in Russia you can make all sex you want and nobody can recognize you in Russia. You can goto Russia, you can make your sex, nobody knows who you are and nobody disturbs you when you come back!