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PUTINs Bulgarian SPY Ring MINIONS Jailed For 50 YEARS
Putins SIX Promiscuous Honey Trap Spies Face Jail
Six Bed-Hopping Bulgarians Are Convicted of Spying For Russia - Amid Warning MORE Cells Lurk in Britain
MailOnline 9 MAR 2025
The Haydee Hotel guest house in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, which was linked to the spy ring
More Russian spy cells are lurking in Britain, a counter-terror chief warned as six Bulgarians were convicted of spying for the Kremlin.
The spy ring received orders directly from Moscow and was run from a Great Yarmouth guesthouse stacked with sophisticated surveillance technology.
NO HELP From US INTEL - TIMES HAVE CHANGED Since TRUMP Returned
The agents passed secrets to Russia for almost three years, spying on a US airbase in Germany and tailing opponents of the state some of whom they plotted to snare in honeytrap plots, kidnap and even murder.
A fifth of British counter-terror policing is now devoted to battling a surge of state-backed threats, Scotland Yard commander Dominic Murphy said.
NO assistance NOR INTEL has been forthcoming from ANY US INTEL departments
And this espionage cell lurking in suburbia was just one example of the Russian intelligence services using proxy agents for its stream of covert activity and sabotage, he warned.
The reality is this wont be the only activity Russia is conducting here in the UK and we have seen other disruptions here in recent months, Mr Murphy, head of counterterrorism command, added.
Beautician Vanya Gaberova, 30, decorator Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, and lab technician Katrin Ivanova, 33, have been found guilty of conspiring to spy for Russia after a three-month trial.
Their handler, Orlin Roussev, 46, his lieutenant, Biser Dzhambazov, 43, and Ivan Stoyanov, 32, had already pleaded guilty to the charges under the Official Secrets Act.
Beautician Vanya Gaberova (pictured), decorator Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, and lab technician Katrin Ivanova, 33, have been found guilty of conspiring to spy for Russia
Gaberova pictured with Biser Dzhambazov, 43, who had already plead guilty to the charges under the Official Secrets act
Katrin Ivanova (pictured) was found guilty of being part of the network of spies who passed information onto the Russian state
The agents all face lengthy jail terms when they are sentenced. Gaberova's custody photo
Decorator Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, and Orlin Roussev, 46, were both accused of being part of the ring. Roussev pled guilty at an earlier date
Biser Dzhambazov had previously pleaded guilty to spying for the Kremlin, before Fridays verdict was delivered
Ivan Stoyanov, 32, pleaded guilty to the charges under the Official Secrets Act...
The agents all face lengthy jail terms when they are sentenced.
Their wellfinanced activities spanned London, Vienna, Valencia, Montenegro and Stuttgart, with the two women intended to be used in a series of honeytrap plots, their Old Bailey trial heard.
At least ?200,000 was sent by the groups Moscow based handler, fugitive businessman Jan Marsalek, to finance the operations, which were planned over 80,000 messages exchanged with Roussev over Telegram.
And an Aladdins Cave of sophisticated technology including rocks containing hidden cameras, a ?120,000 device for intercepting mobile phone numbers, 11 drones, 221 mobile phones and 75 fake passports was found at Roussevs guesthouse.
The Bulgarian referred to himself as Q Branch after James Bonds famous quartermaster, and built many of the devices himself including a Coca Cola bottle containing a hidden camera.
Commander Murphy said the investigation into the group was the largest he had seen in his two decades of counter terrorism.
This was spying on an almost industrial scale on behalf of Russia, he added. It felt like something you would expect to read in a spy novel. This is not something we see very often.
The two women in the group were referred to as the 'brunette twins' and were tasked with setting honeytraps for targets including journalist Christo Grozev, whose work uncovering the men behind the Salisbury nerve agent attack made him a target for the Kremlin.
Gaberova was intended to seduce the journalist in a honeytrap plot and sent Grozev a Facebook message, which he accepted.
We can definitely record something for Pornhub too, that girl is real hot, Roussev wrote to Marsalek. Shes a swinger too.
The spymasters also plotted to kidnap Grozev and take him back to Russia, but this plan was not followed through.
The spies also targeted a UK-based Russian dissident who they discussed killing with a poison dart fired from a drone, a Kazakhstani former politician, and a Russian lawyer who they planned to bring to Moscow dead or alive for a fee of ?30,000.
The agents used hi-tech equipment to try and track Ukrainian servicemen training at US airbase Patch Barracks in Stuttgart, with the aim of determining where US Patriot missiles were being fired.
They agreed a ?34,000-a-month budget for the operation, which was cut short when the spies were arrested in a series of dawn raids by the British police in February 2023.
FAKE IDs & EQUIPMENT
Spy chief Roussev shown during the moment of his arrest at his Great Yarmouth home in 2023
Orlin Roussev, 46, (pictured) ran operations from a guesthouse in Great Yarmouth bought for ?220,000 in 2021
'ONE HONEY' - Katrin Ivanova was Dzhambazov's long-term partner, having first started dating in Bulgaria when she was 17 and he was 27
Mr Hall said that Britain had to work under the assumption that state-sponsored acts of sabotage and disruption would continue.
Spying is as old as the hills and there is no reason to think that the appetite is going to decrease, he said. It is not limited to traditional spying, there is also information warfare designed to cause disruption, undermine systems and even influence voting.
Who Are The Head Bulgarians Convicted of Spying for Russia?
The spy handler, Jan Marsalek, 44
A fugitive businessman hiding out in Moscow, Jan Marsalek directed operations via 80,000 Telegram messages he exchanged with Orlin Roussev.
One of Interpol's most wanted men, the 44-year-old former executive at German tech firm Wirecard has been on the run since the company collapsed in 2020 amid an alleged ?1.6bn fraud.
The grandson of a Soviet spy, Marsalek is thought to have first been brought into Russian intelligence by former GRU officer Stanislav Petlinsky after the pair met on a yacht at his girlfriend's birthday party in Nice, France, in 2014.
He is understood to have received instructions directly from Russian intelligence at the heart of the Kremlin.
'Q Branch', Orlin Roussev, 46
Orlin Roussev, 46, ran operations from a guesthouse in Great Yarmouth bought for ?220,000 in 2021.
He referred to himself as 'Q Branch' because of his skills building spy gadgets, and thousands of pieces of sophisticated equipment, as well as forged identity documents, were found at his home.
Among them were homemade devices including a camera hidden in a rock, a Coca-Cola bottle containing another concealed camera and a ?120,000 IMSI grabber which can intercept mobile phone information.
Roussev received orders directly from Marsalek along with hundreds of thousands of pounds to finance operations.
He had a telecommunications background and moved to Britain in 2009.
The adulterous middle manager, Biser Dzhambazov, 43
Biser Dzhambazov was in charge of recruiting and directing the spies on the ground, receiving orders directly from Roussev.
The 43 year old moved to the UK with his long-term girlfriend Katrin Ivanova 33, but began an affair with Vanya Gaberova after recruiting her to the spy ring in 2021.
To explain his long absences to his mistress, he told her he had cancer and sent her photos of himself with bandages made of toilet paper wrapped round his head.
When police carried out a series of raids to round up the spies in February 2023 they found Dzhambazov and Gaberova naked in bed together.
Bulgarian national Dzhambazov, 43 previously admitted to spying in the UK on behalf of Russia
Katrin Ivanova was Dzhambazovs long-term partner, having first started dating in Bulgaria when she was 17 and he was 27.
She was referred to by Roussev and Marsalek as chief minion and one half of the brunette twins with Gaberova.
Ivanova stalked journalist Christo Grozev and Russian dissident Roman Dobrokhotov on international flights, covertly filming them after the spies successfully accessed booking systems to place her near the targets.
She learned of Dzhambazovs affair with Gaberova from a police statement after she was arrested....
One of the things the public doesnt realise is that some of it will be very attention grabbing, murder for hire for example, but quite a lot of this is actually very subtle and a long-term influence operation. The harm is less immediately obvious and it is very hard to tell if there is a hidden hand at work.
PUTINs Bulgarian SPY Ring MINIONS Jailed For 50 YEARS
Putins Bulgarian Spy Ring Jailed For 50 Years For Running MASS Intelligence Operation Out of Great Yarmouth B&B
Putin Spy Ring Are jailed for a total of 50 years for espionage in Britain
LBC 13 MAY 2025
Six Bulgarians have been sentenced to more than 50 years in total for spying for Russia on an industrial scale.
The group carried out surveillance on prominent targets, at times using fake identities, and deployed advanced technology to acquire intelligence.
Ringleader Orlin Roussev, 47, who led the spy ring from a rundown guesthouse in Great Yarmouth, admitted the plot along with his second in command, Biser Dzhambazov, 44, and Ivan Stoyanov, 33.
Female honeytrap agents Katrin Ivanova, 33, and Vanya Gaberova, 30, and competitive swimmer Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 39, were found guilty at the Old Bailey in March of activities which police have said put lives and national security at risk.
Police described it as one of the largest foreign intelligence operations in the UK.
The cells' key targets were journalists who helped expose Russias role in the nerve agent attacks on Putin critic and former Opposition leader Alexei Navalny and ex Russian spy Sergei Skripal who was poisoned in Salisbury in 2017.
The group also discussed plans to kidnap Christo Grozev, a journalist from the Bellingcat group.
The court previously heard the spy ring referred to themselves as minions, inspired by the Despicable Me films.
The Full Sentences:
Orlin Roussev has been sentenced to 10 years and 8 months
Bizer Dzhambazov has been sentenced to 10 years and two months
Katrin Ivanova has been sentenced to 9 years and eight months in prison for count one, and on count two, a concurrent sentence of 15 months in prison
Tihomir Ivanchev has been sentenced to eight years
Vanya Gaberova has been sentenced to sentenced to six years, eight months and three weeks' imprisonment
Ivan Stoyanov has been sentenced to handed a sentence of five years and three weeks' imprisonment...
They also followed people - including on flights - carrying out reconnaissance around significant buildings and feeding information back to others.
All of the defendants are liable for automatic deportation to Bulgaria at the end of the custodial sentence.
PUTINs Bulgarian SPY Ring MINIONS Jailed For 50 YEARS
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