Britain Detains Suspected Russian Spies

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News

LONDON (Worthy News) – Questions remained Wednesday after three suspected spies for Russia in Britain were detained and charged in a major national security investigation, several sources said.

The Metropolitan police named the three suspects Bulgarian citizens Orlin Roussev, 45, Biser Dzambazov, 42, and Katrin Ivanova, 31, who remain in custody.

They were held in February and have been remanded in custody since officials said. There was no immediate known comment from Bulgaria or Russia.

Yet the British investigation highlighted broader European concerns about suspected Russian spies during an East-West standoff over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Authorities said the three suspects arrested in Britain are charged with possessing identity documents with “improper intention.” They allegedly knew these papers were fake.

Roussev’s profile on the social network LinkedIn suggested that he had worked as a “strategic adviser to the Bulgarian Ministry of Energy.”

His most recent work was as owner of NewGenTech, a company involved in artificial intelligence and signals intelligence.

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Ivanova had been active as a medical laboratory assistant, according to her LinkedIn profile, and Dzhambazov’s profession was described by Britain’s broadcaster BBC as “a driver for hospitals.”

The BBC said that the trio, who have not entered pleas to the charges, are set to stand trial at London’s Old Bailey court in January.

Britain had several high-profile incidents involving Russian intelligence operations.

In 2018, former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent in Salisbury.

The British government said it was “highly likely” that Moscow was behind the attack.

In 2006, Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence officer, died in London after drinking tea laced with poison. British authorities blamed two former KGB officers for his death.

Moscow has refused to extradite the suspects.

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