Group of Russian spies lived near military base in Britain

Three citizens of Bulgaria were detained in the UK on suspicion of espionage for Russia. They lived in an apartment 1.6 kilometres from the Royal Air Force base. Source: European Pravda, referring to The Telegraph

Details: According to the media outlet, for about 10 years, all three had a connection with an apartment in west London, near the military base of the Air Force Northolt, which is regularly used by ministers and heads of foreign states, as well as members of the royal family who fly abroad from it. The investigation into the case is ongoing, and two other people who were arrested at the same time have been released on bail by the police.

One neighbour on Northolt Street told reporters how one of the suspects, Bizer Dzhambazov, claimed to be working for Interpol and that he was trying to install a large satellite dish on the side of the house. Another neighbour also recalled the "unusual" satellite dish incident, saying: "I remember exactly that their dish was pointed in a different direction than everyone else's".

"Once he had a friend, and they tried to mount a massive dish on the wall. But it would block the light in my apartment, so we talked about it, and it didn't happen," she said.

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Background: 

• The defendants were detained back in February and have been in custody ever since.

  They are suspected of working for the Russian special services.

• All three have lived in the UK for many years, worked various jobs, and lived in country houses. In particular, 45-year-old Orlin Rusev moved to Britain in 2009 and worked for three years in technical positions in the field of financial services. He has experience doing business in the Russian Federation.
• His LinkedIn profile states that he later owned a signal intelligence business that involved intercepting communications or electronic signals.

  He claims that he was once an adviser to the Bulgarian Ministry of Energy.

• 41-year-old Bizer Dzhambazov and 31-year-old Katerina Ivanova, according to neighbours, were a couple.

  Dzhambazov worked as a driver in a hospital, and Ivanova's LinkedIn page indicates that she is a laboratory assistant in a private medical business.

• The couple, who moved to the UK about a decade ago, ran a public organisation providing services to Bulgarians, particularly introducing them to the "culture and norms of British society".
• They also worked for election commissions in London that helped Bulgarian citizens vote in national elections abroad.
• Earlier, it was reported that the German Federal Prosecutor's Office had arrested an employee of the Bundeswehr, Thomas H., who is suspected of spying for Russia.

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