The group, which referred to themselves as the "minions", ran an international spy ring from a Norfolk guesthouse.

Credit: Met Police The Bulgarian ringleader of a UK-based spy network made up of his five 'Minions' has been jailed for more than 10 years. Orlin Roussev, 47, ran a Russian spy ring from a former ...

Orlin Roussev (top left) ran a Russian spy ring from a former guesthouse in Great Yarmouth with his five 'Minions'. Credit: Met Police The Bulgarian ringleader of a UK-based spy network and his ...

Six Bulgarian nationals are facing years behind bars for their part in a Russian spy ring dubbed Minions which was operated ...

When police raided the Norfolk guesthouse housing the operation, they found a number of Minions cuddly toys, including one which contained a spy camera. As we just mentioned, Orlin Roussev ran the ...

Six Bulgarian nationals, known as "The Minions," have been sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison in the UK for conducting a large-scale espionage operation on behalf of Russia's GRU.

Roussev, who worked out of a former guesthouse in the English seaside resort town of Great Yarmouth, had a stash of spy equipment that police described as an "Aladdin's cave" when it was raided.View o ...

The group, called The Minions, worked for Russian military intelligence ... he admitted that he had been part of the conspiracy to spy." “This was in large part due to the detailed analysis ...