I'll just have to hope that Polar's views are not the norm. The situation which was described for the former Soviet Union is the same all over Europe except Great Britain. We have a lot of activities by Chabad, Ronald Lauder Foundation and unfortunately also by messianic groups. So they are overburdoned with the needs of the new immigrants. Most live from social support and so a lot of social work must be done to meet their needs.
All work is done by volonteers and only one community has a part-time rabbi.
So the possibilities of outreach for Russian Jews are very limited, in contrary to Chabad and Lauder Foundation who offer machanot to a very low prize. In November Abraham Geiger College will start near Berlin to educate liberal rabbis for the European Continent. Other subscription management information is available on the home page. Also note that many of the people who write in wish their privacy preserved. Thank you for your cooperation with these restrictions.