Three Bulgarians who’ve been convicted of spying for Russia within the UK attended occasions at Parliament a minimum of as soon as previously, together with a Brexit-related debate in 2016.
Supply: European Pravda; BBC investigation
Particulars: BBC journalists discovered from photographs posted on social media that Orlin Roussev, Biser Dzhambazov and Katrin Ivanova have been current at a Brexit debate in a committee room in Might 2016.
Two individuals who knew Roussev on the time have confirmed that he’s within the picture. The BBC journalists visually recognized Dzhambazov and Ivanova. The latter was additionally discovered on an inventory of people that confirmed they’d be attending the occasion.
The occasion was organised by representatives of European political events (the events are usually not specified), together with the Bulgarian Socialist Occasion (BSP), which Dzhambazov and Ivanova joined in early 2016.
The identical occasion was attended by BSP politician Georgi Pirinski (at the moment a member of the European Parliament for his celebration), Roberto Sperenza, who served as Italy's Minister of Well being below Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte, and representatives of the Romanian Social Democrats.
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, a former chief of the UK’s Conservative Occasion, mentioned that following these revelations, Parliament ought to look into whether or not there have been different instances when members of the spy ring had been within the constructing.
Background:
- A complete of six Bulgarian residents have been accused of spying. Three have been convicted in March 2025 and the others pleaded responsible. They’re anticipated to be sentenced later this week.
- Earlier, BBC journalists recognized two girls believed to be members of the spy community who’re nonetheless at giant.
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