Beautician was deployed as ‘honeytrap’ by Russian spy ring

A beautician described as a ‘true sexy bitch’ was deployed as a ‘honeytrap’ to target a journalist who helped uncover the Russian links to the Salisbury poisonings. Vanya Gaberova, 29, allegdly sent fellow Bulgarian Christo Gruzev a friend request on Facebook, which he quickly accepted – then liked her photos and posts. Mr Grozev had investigated the poisoners as coming from a Russian military unit called GRU29115 for the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, it is said. He was placed on…