Българите, шпионирали за Русия, готвели Facebook капан за Христо Грозев – haroonabadvital.com
A group of Bulgarian citizens accused of spying for Russia targeted Bellingcat investigative journalist Hristo Grozev and Try to lure him into a trap via Facebook, Prosecutors told a London court on Monday.
Ekaterina Ivanova (33 years old), Vanya Gabirova (30 years old) and Tihomir Ivanchev (39 years old) were charged. Part of a highly sophisticated spy networkrun by a Russian agent named Jan Marsalek, targets people, including dissidents.
Prosecutors say the trio — along with two men, Aurelien Rousseff and Besir Gambazov, who admitted to being part of an espionage plot — also… He was monitoring an American military base in GermanyWhere Ukrainian forces were trained.
The trio denies these accusations.
Their trial continued at London’s Old Bailey on MondayWhen prosecutor Alison Morgan said the group surveilled Hristo Grozev, a Bulgarian national who worked for Bellingcat, in 2021.
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Grozev was the lead investigator for the Bellingcat reports About the 2018 poisoning of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England.
Morgan stated that Jabrova sent Grozev a friend request on Facebook under the name Part of an attempt to collect information about himLed by Marszalek and Rousseff.
“Grozev seems to be addicted and in love with Vanya.”Rousseff stressed in a message to Marszalek shortly after Grosev accepted his friend request on Facebook. “He’s starting to like her photo posts. We can slowly move into romance.”
Marszalek expressed concern that Jabrova might “fall in love with him.” Adding: “I’ve had this problem before with a similar trap.”
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“You need strong, determined, independent girls. Vania is very assertive and very independent. She’s a real hot bitch,” Rusev replied.
The prosecutor said that too Ivanova, Gabirova and Dzhambazov followed Gruzev to a hotel in Valenciawhere Jabrova photographed herself with Bellingcat founder Elliot Huggins.
Morgan revealed at the beginning of the trial last week that the group was Payment was made to conduct monitoring and compile detailed reports.
They worked under Rousseff, He, in turn, received instructions from Marszalek, an Austrian national who used the alias Robert Teach, Morgan said.
Marsalek is the former COO of bankrupt payments company Wirecard and his current whereabouts are unknown.
Ivanova, Gabrova and Ivanchev deny the charge of conspiracy to collect informationBetween August 2020 and February 2023. Ivanova also denies the existence of false identity documents. Their trial is expected to continue until February.
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