Belarus.
Cheapest place to study Russian in a purely Slavic country ( you can study in Central Asia cheaply but the locals are harder to mingle with and hence harder to get outside practice and also they bastardise the Russian - I speak from experience of having studied Russian there ). Is the climate great? Nope but the women are sweet and feminine.
I'm doing the same thing as you at some point this year so pm me if you want to ask any questions.
Cheapest place to study Russian in a purely Slavic country ( you can study in Central Asia cheaply but the locals are harder to mingle with and hence harder to get outside practice and also they bastardise the Russian - I speak from experience of having studied Russian there ). Is the climate great? Nope but the women are sweet and feminine.
I'm doing the same thing as you at some point this year so pm me if you want to ask any questions.