The 3 members of the Bulgarian spy ring that spied on Bellingcat and plead not guilty have just been found guilty at the Old Bailey. The spy ring was directed by Wirecard fraudster Jan Marsalek on the behalf of the Russian intelligence services. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... - ThreadSky

eliothiggins.bsky.social • 109 days ago

The 3 members of the Bulgarian spy ring that spied on Bellingcat and plead not guilty have just been found guilty at the Old Bailey. The spy ring was directed by Wirecard fraudster Jan Marsalek on the behalf of the Russian intelligence services. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/07/three-bulgarian-nationals-found-guilty-spying-russia-uk

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jim-badda-bing.bsky.social•109 days ago

How awfully convenient and with such impeccable timing
too? (Who knew 🤷‍♀️)

m-pathy.bsky.social•109 days ago

Now do Trump.

keithhouser6.bsky.social•109 days ago

Oops

raffles8.bsky.social•109 days ago

Some good news at last.

jacksquatto.bsky.social•109 days ago

Trump just pardoned the three of them.

rushdawg1981.bsky.social•109 days ago

Hope they hang them.

drbarraoriain.bsky.social•109 days ago

The third woman's fear and sadness is heartbreaking.

epukane.bsky.social•107 days ago

This is a small sample of the kind of thing she was facilitating. I have no sympathy at all for her.

turnitup5000db.bsky.social•109 days ago

Thank god someone is actually prosecuting fascist spies.

bobthomas2666.bsky.social•109 days ago

Smiert russky spionam.

sandypalma.bsky.social•109 days ago

Make em watch GB news as part of their punishment.

aimee-abq.bsky.social•109 days ago

Good to see some justice in these criminal times.

jukka-p-seppala.bsky.social•109 days ago

👏👏👏⚖️⚖️⚖️🏁🏁🏁

jamnp.bsky.social•108 days ago

Hang them

trnrz.bsky.social•109 days ago

Nice.

paolobernardi.bsky.social•109 days ago

Marsalek was a GRU officer I read somewhere

csfa.bsky.social•106 days ago

Mr Higgins, would you please share your evidence that Jan's clowns had been directly controlled by official russian intelligence because this is what you implicitly say?

nanishe.bsky.social•109 days ago

Hey GOP look at this they lock up folks that are working for Russia against their country. Maybe we should look into that here in the good ole USA!

pheasant.bsky.social•109 days ago

The way things are going we'll be locking up US spies soon.

andystoin.bsky.social•109 days ago

Good. Send em to the Tower

asintv.bsky.social•108 days ago

Pardon on the way?

sciantixo.bsky.social•109 days ago

if they come to the usa, rump can make them ambassadors to bulgaria

quiltsncozycoffee.bsky.social•109 days ago

📌

bobby-brown.bsky.social•109 days ago

Total respect to you and all that you do 💪🏼

susu-gator.bsky.social•109 days ago

I’m following the rule of law, while America embraces rapists, drug dealers and Jan 6 thugs.

nicoleman.live•109 days ago

Directed by Jan Marsalek? Wow. Haven’t heard that name in a few years.

Looking at his biography a bit more, it looks like his grandfather was a spy for the Soviets during the Cold War. It’s a family tradition, I guess.

ecoprairiepainter.bsky.social•109 days ago

Just like Trump and his daddy-o

nicoleman.live•109 days ago

Agent Krasnov*

sopranospinner.bsky.social•109 days ago

Pled.

ts-anselmus.bsky.social•109 days ago

Pleaded.

sopranospinner.bsky.social•109 days ago

That's okay, but plead is just wrong.

luckiiyu7.bsky.social•109 days ago

I think if Trump lands in any democratic country he should be apprehended and prosecuted at The Hague! Any one of his administration including the Rat! 🐀

pigmenpusher.bsky.social•109 days ago

I will extend that to the whole republic party..

luckiiyu7.bsky.social•109 days ago

And* 😉

nevriley.bsky.social•109 days ago

For a really amazing Russian spy documentary check out...
https://open.spotify.com/show/5HD2g2FkjXzV0PrF4j2ua8?si=KvnVjDNqTXquutr5sfEGFA

pixeltrix.bsky.social•109 days ago

Real FAFO mugshot on the right

pjammer.bsky.social•109 days ago

lol absolutely

baylissfx.bsky.social•109 days ago

Good so. 🥳🥳🥳

trixabelle46.bsky.social•109 days ago

I hop they get life imprisonment

artsy8.bsky.social•109 days ago

in my country, we have ... the option for especially dangerous individuals to be put away indefinitely on psych holds... not saying they're crazy... just saying I like that option for them.

soapboxblue.bsky.social•109 days ago

The one on the right looks like she has realised...it's not actually like the movies...

drwitt.bsky.social•109 days ago

The US is probably full of spies now.

sheralabskysocial.bsky.social•109 days ago

Lock up. Throw away key.

aeb1.bsky.social•109 days ago

Excellent news

todders707.bsky.social•109 days ago

Today’s tip, one should be getting into see their physicians ASAP, staying up-to-date with your medical regime. BOOK FOLLOW UP visits now. Get vaccines, rural hospitals are gonna be hit the hardest. I foresee a surge and extremely long wait times to see your doctor

notinthepapers.bsky.social•109 days ago

They would be pardoned by Trump if it happened here.

lazyb0y.bsky.social•109 days ago

actually Marsalek and his very good business have been supported by Germanys chancellor Scholz…

samokorosec.bsky.social•109 days ago

y lady cry tho?

schwantz.bsky.social•109 days ago

Go after all of them.

amouranimal.bsky.social•109 days ago

Idiots! They should’ve been spying for the U.S. , ‘cause that would’ve been ok🙄🤦🏽‍♀️

christophermapes.bsky.social•109 days ago

How many of these spies do we have here on the US, with American-like names such as Trump and Musk etc etc. The whole GOP as far as we can see, as to their complicity.

ali80.bsky.social•109 days ago

🤣 the one on the right crying

triceratopsrex.bsky.social•109 days ago

Off with their heads!

dust-yourself-off.bsky.social•109 days ago

- and Putin wonders WHY the majority of the WORLD says

- NO we can't be friends!

tess71.bsky.social•109 days ago

I hope they get a long sentence

flyby067.bsky.social•109 days ago

If only America had arrested its Russian spy instead of making it king. At least eggs are only $8 a dozen now

nackakristian.bsky.social•109 days ago

They are at work, trying to act for disinformation. Thats the cause. You will stand against.

wittyusername11.bsky.social•109 days ago

Pleaded.

ecoprairiepainter.bsky.social•109 days ago

No, pled.

wittyusername11.bsky.social•109 days ago

Hang on, let me check my English law sources.

Oh.

Pleaded.

bkstoja.bsky.social•109 days ago

if anyone can uncover the connection between the ring leader and current Bulgarian president is going to be huge!

greggishlygreg.bsky.social•109 days ago

this is why we need to bring back the gallows and guillotines. make them afraid.

geneakaralphie.bsky.social•109 days ago

I agree.

leoszilard.bsky.social•109 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Tenet_Media_investigation

Tenet media. Paid by the Kremlin via RT. Trump's favourite podcasters and media influencers.

ashkai12.bsky.social•109 days ago

Hopefully they mysteriously disappear from the tower of London

sergeblanko.bsky.social•109 days ago

Perhaps they’ll be deported back to America.

amouranimal.bsky.social•109 days ago

To be set free!

econundertow.bsky.social•109 days ago

Good theater, maybe.

They will be traded back to Russia for some hostages captured specifically for that purpose.

teufelwolf666.bsky.social•109 days ago

We need a visit russia at your own risk policy.

realbeale.bsky.social•109 days ago

P))

lesliem16.bsky.social•109 days ago

Throw them in jail and throw away the key.

seanom.bsky.social•109 days ago

If there’s no ricin tipped umbrella are they really Bulgarian?

pheasant.bsky.social•109 days ago

Looking forward to the first arrest of US spies. Exciting times!

catznjam.bsky.social•109 days ago

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/07/spy-ring-trial-whos-who-spymaster-ringleader-minions

jackmarchandbooks.bsky.social•109 days ago

I have to admit I love this. A Russian intelligence op that combined the brilliance of a collapsed fintech scammer, amateurish tradecraft, and a love triangle? Cold War thrillers written by the genius of early Monty Python.

catznjam.bsky.social•109 days ago

Yeah 😁if only it were Monty Python and great fiction and satire, instead of our current reality. I'm really into this kind of fiction - maybe that helps when you see it IRL..

jackmarchandbooks.bsky.social•109 days ago

Definitely! The lines between fiction and reality blur more and more...

usmc86.bsky.social•109 days ago

OFF WITH THEIR FUCKING HEADS-

humanity101.bsky.social•109 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_Skripal

notooligarchs.bsky.social•109 days ago

I hope they get the maximum

deanfournier.bsky.social•108 days ago

Firing squad, please

hdh1949.bsky.social•109 days ago

Pardon us Mr Trump. Not a request, orders from comrade Putin.

4quad.bsky.social•109 days ago

📌

picomoore.bsky.social•109 days ago

oxzus.bsky.social•109 days ago

such a beautiful phrase
military grade snooping device

jmspikeguy.bsky.social•109 days ago

It doesn’t surprise me that Russia is using Bulgarian spies. There is warmth in the heart of many Bulgarians to its brother nation but they are led by the head in their western alliance. If Serbia gets into EU, this will be a risk from their membership.

alvarosantos78.bsky.social•109 days ago

Bulgaria keeps quiet in the EU, but it's cancerous just like Hungary. Serbia is making efforts to look like it's shifting away from ruSSia, but the roots run deep in the society, it should NEVER be allowed in the EU.
https://www.ft.com/content/c001b515-499a-4657-854c-f92bb224e088?utm_source=chatgpt.com

blajo.bsky.social•109 days ago

We give them the language and religion. They occupied us. They were against our unity, they took North Macedonia out of our lands and divided one nation,..look familiar.. something like Ukraine right now? There are Bulgarians in Ukraine, especially the Odessa region. We Don't Like Them. .Period.

grankees.bsky.social•109 days ago

Can you imagine an investigation by Patel and Oingo Bongo?

johnnymcmommsen.bsky.social•109 days ago

"Officers seized 221 mobile phones, 495 sim cards, 258 hard drives, 33 audio recording devices, 55 surveillance cameras, 16 radios and 11 drones plus wifi eavesdroppers, electronic jammers and 75 fake passports and identity documents in 55 different names."

Pardon? 🤯

robinrjenkins.bsky.social•109 days ago

Execute them.

alvarosantos78.bsky.social•109 days ago

If death penalty for treason weren't abolished, those 3 pieces of shit probably wouldn't have the guts to do it.

robotblue.bsky.social•109 days ago

Nice! One group down…… thousands and thousands to go!

msottalie.bsky.social•109 days ago

Yet our spy remains dictator of this country.

thestampcollector.bsky.social•109 days ago

Trading fodder for improperly jailed British citizens in Russia some day.

montyofdodgington.bsky.social•109 days ago

vadham.bsky.social•109 days ago

And here's Christo Grozev's account:
https://theins.press/en/inv/279034

dgeraghty.bsky.social•109 days ago

Excellent news. Fantastic work by the police and MI5.

henryhill1.bsky.social•109 days ago

'Doll's Eyes'

woofer901.bsky.social•109 days ago

Bulgarian and spying for Russia, dumb as rocks.

dennisobell.bsky.social•109 days ago

Have the police got around to cracking the Clacton Russian spy ring yet?

eliothiggins.bsky.social•109 days ago

Here's the explainer on the case, which targeted journalists inside the UK. A timely reminder of what Russia is and what Russia does.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/07/spy-ring-trial-whos-who-spymaster-ringleader-minions

jackmarchandbooks.bsky.social•109 days ago

A timely reminder that while some countries export technology, culture, innovation, Russia specializes in exporting botched espionage, poisonings, with a generous amount of petty thuggery. Great work Mr Putin

graham62.bsky.social•109 days ago

📌

ecoprairiepainter.bsky.social•109 days ago

The Russian bot factory will miss their comrads.

timheemskerk.bsky.social•108 days ago

They will be flown to Florida shortly

hongito.bsky.social•109 days ago

Wild, I imagine 90% of Twitter is foreign actors steering the discourse. You couldn't create a better propaganda tool if you tried.

belindaappleyard.bsky.social•109 days ago

Yes, this is why the Saudis invested so heavily. They wanted to control their population who was using it to organize.

stanzman.bsky.social•109 days ago

It's the only thing that explains X still existing at all it has been hemorging money so bad Trump has threatened advertisers with government pressure if they don't spend more money on x that should be a lot bigger story

eliothiggins.bsky.social•109 days ago

More from the trial, with lots of details of the operation
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/07/spy-trial-scheming-bluster-tangled-relationships?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

jackmarchandbooks.bsky.social•109 days ago

Maybe they are trying to spin this for Netflix. The kind of series cancelled after one season for a plot that's' too far-fetched. 'The Salisbury Fiasco' before our eyes. haha

ubermenchies.bsky.social•109 days ago

I'm imagining some FSB guy in Moscow getting shit from his superiors over this. "Sergei, who tf told you to use Bulgarians?"

eliothiggins.bsky.social•109 days ago

Video footage showing the arrest of one of the Bulgarian spy ring members https://youtu.be/D20nFLQKjQ0?si=AwRDCppz0WDpdyMQ

nicalee.bsky.social•109 days ago

Lovely. Americans should watch this: there’s no way such a scene will be repeated in the US anytime soon.

nevriley.bsky.social•109 days ago

For a truly mind-blowing Russian spies in UK documentary check out this...
https://open.spotify.com/show/5HD2g2FkjXzV0PrF4j2ua8?si=Cd45VvxURBKwDgljpelpWQ

gahanzwart.nl•109 days ago

"They're for repairs. They're for repairs." Yeah duh.

tess71.bsky.social•109 days ago

Pass the popcorn

lolalolajoaquin.bsky.social•109 days ago

gotcha...

pnwgeorge.bsky.social•109 days ago

Lock em up, throw away the key.

jayjohns69.bsky.social•109 days ago

Throw them out a 10 story window...

tamtannes.bsky.social•109 days ago

If they were here, Trump probably would have given them a gold visa.

thegridsurfer.bsky.social•109 days ago

Penalties for espionage and terrorist activities against Europe should be much harsher. When they know that they will never see daylight again, they will think twice before acting.

teufelwolf666.bsky.social•109 days ago

Generally I am against capital punishment, it is giving criminals the easy way out, but people like this need to be removed from the board permanently.

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