FBI deploys geo-targeted ads to recruit disgruntled Russians as spies

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reportedly attempting to recruit Russians disgruntled with president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine through targeted social media ads in Washington DC.

A Washington Post report published Wednesday said that the geographically targeted ads appeared on Facebook, Google and Twitter just outside the embassy but not when one is standing a certain distance away.

The ads quote Mr Putin’s words to Russian intelligence chief, Sergey Naryshkin at a meeting last month, to remind intelligence officials that their boss was publicly humiliated.