A network of Bulgarian nationals spying for Russia is currently on trial in London, after having notably attempted to trap an investigative journalist specializing in Russian intelligence.
The case seems to come straight from the imagination of a thriller author. A group of Bulgarian spies in the pay of Moscow is currently on trial in London, accused of having set a “honey trap” for an investigative journalist.
According to the British prosecutor, these Bulgarian nationals had targeted an investigative journalist from the Bellingcat news site and tried to lure him into a “honey trap” via Facebook. He was also a Bulgarian, Christo Grozev, a Russian espionage specialist who investigated the 2018 poisoning of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England. A young 30-year-old spy, Vanya Gaberova, allegedly sent a friend request on Facebook to Grozev. Over the course of the exchanges, the latter would have fallen under the charm of the young woman.
The trio of spies – Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39 – were acting…
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