Spy discussed killing journalist

This is a Russia news story, published by BBC, that relates primarily to Orlin Roussev news.

Russia news

For more Russia news, you can click here:

more Russia news

Orlin Roussev news

For more Orlin Roussev news, you can click here:

more Orlin Roussev news

News about United kingdom politics

For more United kingdom politics news, you can click here:

more United kingdom politics news

BBC news

For more news from BBC, you can click here:

more news from BBC

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best world news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like this article about United kingdom politics, you might also like this article about

Russian investigative journalist

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest Russian agent news, Russian intelligence services news, news about United kingdom politics, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

other alleged spies

BBC

•

Man who spied for Russia in UK 'discussed killing journalist'

Summary

Nutrition label

67% Informative

Orlin Roussev , Biser Dzhambazov , Katrin Ivanova , Vanya Gaberova , 30 , and Tihomir Ivanchev , 39 , all deny a charge of conspiracy to spy.

Roussev has admitted spying for Russia in the UK in a trial at the Old Bailey .

The three men are accused of having spied for the benefit of Russia , "an enemy of the UK ", between 2020 and 2023 .

Jurors were told about the convictions at the start of a trial involving three other alleged spies.

Prosecutors said evidence showed "high level espionage with high levels of deceit".

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 , a Russian national who spent time in Montenegro .

He was employed by the Investigative Committee of Russia but left the country in 2021 .

VR Score

Informative language

Neutral language

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech