Three people have been accused in Britain of spying for Russia.
BBC News reported this. The three, a 45-year-old man from Great Yarmouth and a couple (41 and 31) from Harrow, They were arrested in February During a major British national security investigation.
Wrong intentions
All three are from Bulgaria and are said to work for Russian intelligence services. They are accused of possessing identity cards “with wrong intentions.” Passports, identity cards and other documents were found for at least nine different countries: the United Kingdom, Bulgaria, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia and the Czech Republic. According to the British, the three were aware that the papers were forged.
It is not known what information the alleged spies collected and passed on to Russia. It is said that Bulgarians lived in the UK for years and had various jobs. They are scheduled to appear in court in London next January.
Fatal outcome
Britain’s counter-terrorism brigade says it has to spend more and more time tackling state and espionage threats, especially in relation to Russia.
There have been several deadly Russian intelligence operations in the UK in recent years. For example, in July 2018, a woman in Amesbury died after being exposed to the virus To the deadly poison Novichok.
Earlier that year, Russian agents in Salisbury put the former double agent on trial Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia To be killed by the same poison. They barely survived the attack.
