Three Bulgarians were paid significant sums of money to spy on targets including journalists, political dissidents, and a US military base as part of a sophisticated Russian spy ring operating from Britain, a court has heard.
Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 39, are standing trial accused of conspiring with a Russian agent to carry out “high level espionage” which included following targets on planes and discussions over whether to use the two women as “sexual bait”.
