Spies had secret cameras in minion toys and Coke bottles

Two accused Russian spies discussed the best camera equipment to use to snoop on a journalist in Vienna, a court heard. Decorator Tihomir Ivanchev, 38, spied on Bellingcat journalist Chris Grozev on the instructions of 41-year-old Biser Dzhambazov. Ivanchev, along with beautician Vanya Gaberova, 29, and lab assistant Katrin Ivanova, 32, deny working for Russian intelligence services between August 2020 and February 2023. Lead-spy Orlin Roussev, 46, and Dzhambazov have accepted they were involved in spying. Gaberova and Dzhambazov were…

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