Cost

About $1200-$1500 a month.  That includes EVERYTHING.  Your airfare, visas, food, housing, utilities, local transportation, Russian classes, health and evacuation insurance and personal incidentals.

Funding might seem like a big hurdle, but it's not.  Remember who your provider is.  If God is leading you to Russia, He always pays for what He orders, I have seen it a thousand times.