By any measure, Grozev won this round. He is alive. Marsalek is stuck in Russia, and his minions are in prison in England.

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No-one was physically harmed but the group put lives in jeopardy, prosecutors said. Photo shows Vanya Gaberova looks into a bathroom mirror wearing glasses capable of recording video. Operating out of ...

Bulgarian beautician Vanya Gaberova, 30, was part of a spy ring which targeted people and places of interest to the Russian state over three years. Giving her mitigation before she is sentenced ...

Six Bulgarians have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for spying for the Kremlin in the UK and across Europe. During a ...

Meanwhile, another defendant Vanya Gaberova was told: "You knew what you were doing was for the benefit of Russia". The motivation for these acts, Mr Justice Hilliard said, was money. We've a post ...

The ringleader of a Bulgarian spy cell, Orlin Roussev, is jailed for 10 years and 8 months over spying for Russia Bizer Dzhambazov, Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova, Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev ...

In one operation, members tried to lure a journalist who uncovered Moscow’s involvement in the 2018 Novichok poisoning of a former Russian spy in Salisbury, England, into a “honeytrap” romance with ...

Katrin Ivanova, 33, and Vanya Gaberova, 30, described by prosecutors as “honeytrap” agents, and competitive swimmer Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 39, made up the rest of the ring that carried out ...