RussianWomenDiscussion.com Has Closed: What Happened And Where To Go Now

If you spent any time in the online communities dedicated to Russia, Ukraine, the wider FSU, often still called the mail-order bride (MOB) scene, you will recognise the name RussianWomenDiscussion.com. For over twenty years, it was one of the central forums in that niche, taking its place among a succession of sites that rose, grew large, and eventually disappeared.

In its final years, the site became increasingly difficult to load. Visitors encountered expired SSL certificates, half-rendered pages, broken image links and stalled requests that suggested a forum running on software from another era.… Click here to continue reading this article