Six Bulgarians were sentenced to prison in London for running a Russian spying operation. Using code names like Hollywood stars, they targeted journalists, diplomats, and Ukrainian soldiers without causing physical harm.

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Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, said: “The strength of the investigation into the group’s surveillance operations left the ringleaders – Orlin Roussev and Bizer Dzhambazov – with no option but to plead guilty to the charges they faced.

Six Bulgarians have been jailed after being convicted of spying for Russia, with ringleader Orlin Roussev running the operations from a rundown guesthouse on the east coast of England