Germany

Russian agents use Tinder to recruit German military and politicians

Russian agents are using the Tinder dating platform to search for profiles of politicians or Bundeswehr officers to gain useful information by building relationships.

Photo: AKHTAR SOOMRO/REUTERS

This is reported by WELT AM SONNTAG.

It is noted that Russian women are looking for profiles of politicians or military personnel on Tinder to gain useful information by building relationships. According to WELT, this approach was warned against at a meeting in Germany attended by military personnel from several NATO countries.

The German Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) confirmed in response to WELT’s questions that employees of other intelligence services (e.g., Russia) use social media to purposefully establish contacts with Bundeswehr military personnel and try to recruit them. Among other things, this is happening on the dating platform Tinder.

Joel Miller

Recent Posts

“I Dream of Making Luhansk Ukrainian Again”: How Volodymyr Zhemchuhov Debunks Propaganda About Donbas

Volodymyr Zhemchuhov was born 80 kilometres from the Russian border, speaks Russian as his mother…

6 days ago

Ukraine Ammunition Coalition Shrinks as Nine Countries Pull Funding

The Czech-led initiative that has supplied Ukraine with more than four million large-calibre artillery shells…

1 week ago

UK Targets Russian Crypto Networks and Shadow Finance in New Sanctions Push

The UK has announced a new package of sanctions targeting cryptocurrency exchanges and illicit financial…

1 week ago

‘Smoke Screen’: Latvia Rejects Russia’s Claim of Rights Violations Against Ethnic Russians

Latvia's foreign ministry has dismissed Moscow's threat to take the Baltic states to the International…

1 week ago

Paris Opens National Probe Into Foreign Smear Campaign Against Left-Wing Candidates

Paris prosecutors have launched an independent investigation into an alleged foreign influence operation that targeted…

1 week ago

Iceland Heads Into EU Referendum Under Threat of Foreign Interference and AI Manipulation

Iceland's foreign minister has warned that the country's August referendum on resuming EU accession talks…

1 week ago