Three Bulgarian citizens based in Britain were convicted on Friday by a jury of London spying on Russia The prosecutor's office stated was an “industrial scale”.
The trio was accused of danger when they acted on behalf of the Russian intelligence for observation across Europe between 2020 and 2023.
Katrin Ivanova, 33 years old, 30, Vania Gaberova, 30 years, and 39th Tikhomir Ivanchov, were sentenced on Friday in the Central Criminal Court in London after the trial, which began in November.
Three who were confused in sexual relations with one of their handlers or each other, denied being on the plot and claimed they did not know who they were working or lied to their superiors.
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Their plans were outlined in thousands of messages exchanged between cell leaders and police extracted, reports BBC. The reports included plots to steal and kill some goals of the group, as well as plan to include them in the so -called “Honeytrap” romances.
Prosecutors said they looked at the air base in Germany, where Ukrainian troops are said to be trained and discussed the abduction or murder of opponents of the Russian state.
They also allegedly tried to attract a Bulgarian journalist who revealed Moscow's participation in 2018 Novichok The poisoning of the former Russian spy in England Salisbury, in the “Honey Brid” with the tapestry.
Prosecutors said the prosecutor's office discussed the robbery and murder of Belingkat journalist Crysta Grozev, or abducted him and delivering him to Russia.
There were other jobs in the spy camera – Guberova was a cosmetologist, artist Ivanchova, and Rusev was at one stage as the main director of the financial firm technology, the BBC reports.
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A police investigation has appeared 221 mobile phones, 495 SIM cards, 11 drones and devices that allow you to laugh the data from the phones and eavesdropped Wi-Fi activity, BBC reports.
The spy ring also included two more defendants, the ring -orlin Rusev and his byser Jambazov. Earlier, they found themselves guilty of spying and the presence of false personal documents.
The 47 -year -old Rusev ruled allegedly by Russian agent Jan Marsalek, an Austrian citizen who maintained a connection with Russian special services, the prosecutor's office said.
Jambazov and Ivanova lived together in pairs and worked in health care, the BBC reports, but Jambazov was also in the relationship with the tapestry. Both were found in bed together when the police carried out arrests – and Ivanchov was separately in relations with her in the past, BBC reports.