Bulgaria, who led the Russian -backed espionage ring for 10 years

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The leader of the Bulgarian espionage episode, which works under the supervision of the fugitive from the fugitive in prison for 10 years and eight months due to spy for Russia.

The punishment for Orlene Rousseff in Old Billy was presented in London on Monday by Judge Nicholas Helreed.

It turned out that the group conducted monitoring of Russian correspondents and suitcases, and planned a process targeting Ukrainian forces, in a series of activities between 2020 and 2023 across the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Spain, Hungary and Montenegro.

The closest partner in Rousseff, Bishir Dahmabzov, was granted for a period of 10 years and two months for his role in managing a team called “The Filings”.

Ivanova received a nine -year -old prison sentence, Gaberova for six years and eight months, and eight years Ivanchev. Ivan Stoyanov, the final member of the group, was sentenced to five years in prison.

The six of the Bulgarian citizens who settled in the UK, and thus would be responsible for deportation after submitting the prison terms.

Marleck, former CEO of WireCard Whoever is subjected to Interpol Red Poems, did not face accusations himself but was named in the indictment as a Russian worker who behaves under the name “Ruert Ticz”.

Telegram messages offered in the court indicate that Marsalik fled to Russia after the fraud of the group of payments of 1.9 billion euros in 2020, then provided tasks to Rousseff on behalf of military and home intelligence agencies in Moscow, GRU and FSB.

The Marsalik messages used in evidence indicate that he was working as an independent fixation of the Russians, which puts spying against high -level targets and weapons purchase plans to help war in Ukraine. After five months of the invasion on a large scale, Rousseff sent a personal photo wearing a military uniform of Russia, characterized by the decorations of “Z”.

The espionage episode targeted a number of Kurdish dissidents, including the Bulgarian investigator Christo Gruziv, Russian journalist Roman Dubrokotov, and a former member of the Russian Investigation Committee, Kirill Cashur.

They also planned to investigate the Ukrainian soldiers at an American military base in Stuttgart, where Marsalik believes that the forces are training to use the missile defense system on the surface and the national air.

Rousseff and his partner Dzhambazov acknowledged that he is guilty of spying and possessing fake identity documents; Stoyanov also admitted spying. Ivanova, Gabrova and Ivanchiv were convicted of spying by a jury in March after a trial that lasted for more than three months.

Ivanova and Jabrova claimed during the procedures that they had lied and tampered with it by Dzhabazov, who was in a relationship with both women. The court heard that he told each of them that he had a brain tumor to explain his absence while he was with the other.

Evanova said under her interrogation that she believed that the monitoring activities she witnessed were on behalf of the Bellingkkkat website to expose the corrupt journalists. Meanwhile, Gabrova told the jury that it believes Dzhabazov is working for Interpol and that it helps legitimate police activities.

Rousseff, who brought out the spying loop from his home in Great Yarmother, collected a range of spy equipment including listening devices, GPS followers, disturbance on the radio, and declining use in the group operations. His residence took more than a week to search and resulted in nearly 2000 exhibitions.

Earlier in the verdict of the ruling, Mark Samarz Ki, who represents Rousseff, said that his client was only driven by money and denied firmly to have any ideological affiliation with Russia.

“Nothing in the evidence reveals as an ideological hostile to the United States or against Western,” Samarz told the judge. “This is not who he is. He is ready to work for someone who pays him to do so.”

Rosv, who was arrested in February 2023, also poured his contempt for the idea that he was working as a Moscow worker. He said in the first interview with the police.