Most effective way to learn russian?

I am interested in traveling to Russian in about 2-3 years. I want to be able to speak decently fluently as well as be able to read basic signs and menus.
I've heard rossetta stone focuses more on the reading....any suggestions?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrPucrUzNhk thats the link to the vid i got it and it was russian can someone tell me if i can change it to english if not can you tell me all the menus and what they say