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Three UK-based Bulgarians found guilty of spying for Russia

Jury convicts Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova and Tihomir Ivanchev over alleged plots around Europe

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025

Alleged spy ‘told friend to put far-right Ukrainian stickers on Jewish site’

Vanya Gaberova is accused of being part of a spy ring which targeted people and places of interest to the Russian state over three years.

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

Alleged Russian spy ‘told friend to put far-right Ukraine stickers on Jewish site’

Dzhambazov wanted pro-Ukrainian stickers and graffiti to be spread in various European cities as a favour he owed someone, the defendant claimed

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025

Court hears how Russian spy’s tissue of lies over cancer claim was exposed

On Friday, Vanya Gaberova, 30, told jurors how she became suspicious of her lover Biser Dzhambazov’s claim to have cancer.

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025

Alleged Russian spy says she believed she was working for Interpol

Vanya Gaberova tells Old Bailey a man showed fake ID and told her untrained people were better at surveillance

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025

Russian spy pretended to be Interpol agent to woo beautician, court told

Bulgarian Vanya Gaberova, 30, told jurors on Thursday that she knew nothing of Biser Dzhambazov’s spy activities as they travelled together.

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025

UK-based Russian spy ring linked to ‘highest echelons’ in Bulgaria, trial told

The court heard that three Bulgarians helped in the 2021 election when President Rumen Radev was elected.

Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025

Woman accused of stealing Ukrainian soldiers’ mobile numbers, court hears

Prosecutor at Old Bailey says Katrin Ivanova was only member of Bulgarian spy ring able to pull off plot

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025

Alleged Russian spy says suspicions first raised on her way to base training Ukraine forces

Katrin Ivanova denied being ‘a stupid person’, but said she was under the ‘control’ of her partner her at the time.

The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025

'Russian spy' says suspicions first raised at base training Ukraine forces

Bulgarian Katrin Ivanova has claimed she was deceived, betrayed and controlled by her long-term partner Biser Dzhambazov

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025