
Just in time for Valentine's Day, the latest Rainey Center study examines how Russian propaganda efforts are being conducted through a surprising medium: online dating apps.A new white paper by Rainey Center Associate Fellow and Ukrainian political scholar Veronika Velch shows how a female university student's accusations of sexual harassment against a high ranking Ukrainian police official -- including fake screenshots of Tinder messages threatening her and her family -- went viral, causing immeasurable harm to his reputation and increasing distrust of the police.
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