3 Bulgarians convicted of spying for Russia across Europe from base in UK

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

LONDON (AP) — Three Bulgarian nationals based in Britain were convicted Friday by a London jury of spying for Russia on what police said was “an industrial scale.”

The trio, nicknamed “the Minions” by one of their ringleaders, was accused of putting lives in danger as they followed orders on behalf of Russian intelligence to carry out surveillance across Europe on Kremlin opponents, including journalists, diplomats and Ukrainian troops.

Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 39, were convicted at London’s Central Criminal Court after a trial that began in November. Jurors deliberated for more than 32 hours before finding the Bulgarians guilty of plotting to spy for an enemy state.

They face up to 14 years in prison when they are sentenced in May along with three other Bulgarian members of the same spy cell.

https://apnews.com/article/bulgaria-spy-russia-uk-britain-70ecdfe510f63e2d1ab2b3d5f3272e79

[SheltieLover]

1. Too light of a sentence, imo

But then the UK didn't ask my opinion.