Arrange your personal meeting right!
The first and the main rule for men in the Internet dating is never send money to anyone you meet in this virtual world! No matter how sweet and trustworthy your Russian girl seems, if you speak about a personal meeting in your country, she will ask you to help her financially with her trip to you, and there is a big risk that as soon as she receives the money she disappears. So it’s better for you in any case to visit her in her native country and avoid sending money to anyone you know from the Internet. If you still can’t come to her and want her to come to you, then buy her tickets, or book her a hotel – that is do not send exactly money, but what she needs.
Another thing right for you to do is to stay in a hotel or rented apartment even if your Russian girl suggests staying in her place. You can’t know for sure that you both will like each other in real, things may be another way round. In such case you will both feel uneasy in each other’s company for the rest of the days.
Passport and other important documents should be copied and you should carry with you only copies, and put the originals into some safe place in your hotel room for instance. If you do this, you’ll avoid many possible problems.
Your first meeting in real is your first impression of each other, and this impression should be as nice as possible. Any woman will be very glad to receive a present or a souvenir from you, especially if you can make her feel that it has been carefully chosen for her only, with attention to her interests, likes and dislikes. Such thing will remind her of you even after you return home. Also do not forget to bring some presents for her child (children) if she has any. Not many things can make a woman happier than her happy child can.