Match Group Company, which owns about ten different dating services, the largest and most famous of which is Tinder, has announced that it will cease operations in Russia by the end of June.

"Our brands are taking steps to restrict access to their services in Russia and will complete their exit from the Russian market by June 30", says in the Match Group Impact Report 2023.

This news has already been commented on in the State Duma. There, they proposed to create - not much not less - a federal project to fight loneliness. "The departure of "Tinder" is a small loss. We have plenty of entertainment dating services. But Russia has long needed a federal project to fight loneliness", said Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Vladislav Davankov. He referred to social surveys, according to which about 60 million people in Russia feel lonely, and every tenth woman was not married. "Hence the problems with demography", he summed up.