No agency in Russia has any influence whatsoever with a foreign country's decision to issue a visa or airline ticket. Requests for money by a Russian mail order bride to obtain visas or tickets are definitely scams. If a Russian mail order bride writes you passionate letters before she has met you in person, beware. Russian brides generally do not express their feelings openly with words, both in letters and in person, and certainly not in English. They will, however, express their feelings non-verbally with physical affection. So, don't expect an honest woman to confess love after a few letters. It is just not in her sociological make up. It's not real!