A woman talks by a mobile phone past to a military propaganda billboard with picture of a Russian Armed Forces officer, advertising the contract service in the army in Moscow.
Russia is telling some citizens not to use dating apps because of perceived security risks.
  • Russia has warned against using dating apps in border regions amid Ukraine's incursion.
  • Russian authorities cite security concerns, claiming that Ukraine uses apps to gather intelligence.
  • Russia faces a demographic crisis, with its population potentially halving by the end of the century.

Russia has a population crisis, but it is not keen on the use of dating apps in certain regions.

On Tuesday, Russia's interior ministry urged people in the border regions of Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod not to use dating apps amid Kyiv's incursion into Russian territory.