5 suspected Russian spies to face espionage charges in London

<p>Five suspected Russian spies – Orlin Roussev, Bizer Dzhambazov, Katrin Ivanova, Ivan Stoyanov, and Vanya Gaberova – are scheduled to face espionage charges at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, London, United Kingdom, next Tuesday, says a report released on Friday.</p>, <p>The five spies, who are Bulgarian nationals, were accused of conspiring to gather information that would be useful to an enemy between August 2020 and February 2023.</p>, <p>They allegedly worked for Russian security services to surveil targets in the UK and the rest of Europe.</p>, <p>During a search of properties occupied by the defendants in London and Norfolk, police found fake passports and other phony IDs.</p>, <p>Other phony IDs were for; Bulgaria, France, Italy, Spain, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece and the Czech Republic.</p>, <p>Investigators believed that Roussev was the alleged leader of the spy ring that made the forgeries himself.</p>, <p>The spy ring was uncovered by the Countre Terrorism Command of London’s Metropolitan Police.</p>, <p>Police in the UK previously charged three suspected Russian military intelligence officers with an assassination attempt of a double agent and his daughter with the nerve agent Novichok.</p>, <p>The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich remained detained in Russia on espionage charges. (NAN)</p>