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Bulgarians guilty of spying for Russia in the UK

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Katrin Ivanova , 33 , Vanya Gaberova , 30 , and Tihomir Ivanchev , 39 , found guilty of conspiracy to spy.

They were part of a group of Bulgarians who spied between 2020 and 2023 .

The cell undertook elaborate surveillance on people and places targeted by Russia .

Plans included kidnapping and killing some of the group's targets as well as ensnare them in honeytraps.

Allegedly planning disruptive activity at the Kazakh embassy in London in September 2022 .

Jurors heard that the plan was to stage a demonstration outside the embassy to create a "fake protest" Jurors were told this plan was targeting a man called Kirill Kachur who spent time in Montenegro .

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