Bulgarians found guilty in UK of espionage on behalf of Russia A Minion doll equipped with a hidden camera Six members of a Russian proxy spy ring dubbed “the Minions” are facing years behind ...

Six Bulgarians have been convicted of being part of a spy ring which carried out surveillance in the UK and across Europe for Russia. Following a three-month trial in London, two women and a man ...

Six members of a Russian proxy spy ring dubbed the “Minions” are facing years behind bars for their part in one of the “largest and most complex” enemy operations to be uncovered on UK soil.

Six members of a Russian proxy spy ring dubbed the “Minions” are facing years behind bars for their part in one of the “largest and most complex” enemy operations to be uncovered on UK soil.

The group were dubbed "the Minions" in a Whatsapp group from the cell’s leaders discussing their plans. The trial focused on six operations carried out by the spy cell between 2020 and 2023.

It included homemade audiovisual spy devices hidden inside everyday objects including a rock, men’s ties, a Coke bottle and a Minions cuddly toy. Dzhambazov, who worked for a medical courier ...

Roussev had made many of them himself, putting spy cameras and bugs in men’s ties, a Coke bottle and even the buttonhole flower on a Minion soft toy. Mr Murphy said it took more than a week to ...

Six members of a Russian proxy spy ring dubbed “the Minions” are facing years behind bars for one of the “largest and most complex” enemy operations to be uncovered on UK soil. Bulgarians ...

Among the haul were homemade audiovisual spy devices hidden inside everyday objects including a rock, men’s ties, a Coke bottle and a Minions cuddly toy. Kit to make and test counterfeit identity ...