Patriarch Cyril piviotal religious figure in Russia, because it is one of the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church.

His words carry great weight, and I believe he is trying to approve a further important role that Russian women play in maintaining social and cultural life of this country without any changes.

I have been to different villages in Russian as he is, and I can also check the strength and resilience of these women in maintaining their households and communities together, despite the often overwhelming struggle and hardship.

I am very glad that he made the following statements and brought more attention to these everyday heroines.

It's a bit tongue in cheek interview I just found out about Ms. Maria Verchenova which a rising star in the Golf World.

When you read her interviews highlight how focused and aim it and how it probably was interviewed for a surprise.

You see, that can be viewed as "over-achiever" in the U.S. or Western girl that age is regarded as a perfectly normal thing here in Russia or the former Soviet Union.

So the main message I want to convey to you gentlemen out there?

I passed the following article to my wife Lena and she found herself in complete agreement with it. Her twin sister and several of her girlfriends (see above) are currently dealing with the normal trials and tribulations of being a single girl and dealing with the more negative aspects of the dating in Russia and the FSU.

So in case you haven’t noticed yet…

It ain’t easy being a single girl in this part of the world. And indeed many of the married women also have more then their share of troubles as well. So with this in mind there has always been a great deal of speculation on behalf of these ladies as to what Men are like on the outside.

Interesting. Very very interesting.

Imagine my surprise to see the article about Russian women in the Forbes Magazine of all places.

I thoroughly enjoyed, but I felt that the author, Melik Kayan, there was no other choice but to protect his rear by writing it in the form of half a PC.

However, despite its vague narrative.