Well I happened to pick up a Finnish paper recently and there was a story of the phenomenon of Finnish women marrying Russian men, because they were "more romantic" (than Finnish men... this is probably true!) But some relationships are a Finnish man and a Russian woman.

The problem was that many such marriages ended in divorce, AFTER the couple already had a child. And then, in some situations there was trouble because the Russia and Finland have some rather conflicting laws regarding guardianship of children in case of a divorce.

There have been some dramatic cases covered in media whereby one or the other parent snatched the child and crossed the border, and the other parent powerless to do anything. So tragic - I just pity the children in such relationships.