https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2ldnzj85x9o
"A Russian spy ring operating out of the UK tried to use sophisticated
surveillance equipment to compromise and track the mobile phones of Ukrainian
soldiers being trained at a US airbase in Germany, a court has heard.
The operation, which was only stopped after the suspects were arrested, would
have had profound implications for Ukraine’s defence.
Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39 - all
Bulgarian nationals living in the UK - deny conspiring to spy. Ms Ivanova also
denies possessing multiple false identify documents.
Orlin Roussev, 46, from Great Yarmouth, and Biser Dzhambazov, 43, from London,
have already admitted being part of a conspiracy to spy.
Roussev acted as the organiser, taking instructions from an Austrian national –
Jan Marsalek – who was acting as a Russian agent, the court was previously
told.
The court also heard how the spy ring planned to cover the Kazakhstan Embassy
in London in fake pig’s blood as part of a staged protest.
As part of that same operation, the group discussed creating “deepfake” porn
videos of the son of the President of Kazakhstan or seducing him in a
“honeytrap”.
The three defendants stand accused of participating in six different
operations, all of which the prosecution alleges were to the direct advantage
of the Russian state."
Via Joerg Fliege.
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