The leader of the Russian spy network based Britainwhich according to the prosecutors made surveillance for the Russiasentenced to London on Monday (12.05.2025) by a London court to almost 11 years in prison.
THE Orlin Rousseff, 47 years oldconfessed to his guilt before the trial, that he was spying on Russia after police found thousands of messages between him and Wirecard’s wanted Jan Marsalekwho led her Bulgarian nationals from abroad.
Judge Nicholas Thousand sentenced Rousseff to a 10 -year and 8 -month prison sentence, telling the Russian spy that the operations he led They put in serious risk the British national security.
Rousseff He is one of six Bulgarians who were convicted of their role in the network that Marsalek ledwhich consisted of attending journalists, disagreeing and Ukrainian soldiers who were training on a military base in Germany.
Three members of the network were found guilty in March after trial, while Rousseff, his deputy 44 -year -old biserand the third man, the Ivan Stogianov 33confessed to their guilt last year.
Britain accuses Russia of trying to cause “chaos” in Europe
Prosecutors said the network did not work directly for the Russian secret services And their motivation was mainly money.
The Russian embassy in London did not comment on the case, while the Kremlin was constantly rejecting the accusations of espionage.
Relations between Britain and Russia have fallen low after the cold war since the start of the war in Ukrainewith Britain accusing Russia of trying to cause “chaos” in Europe.
His lawyer Marsalek In Germany – where he is wanted as former CEO of the Wirecard payment company who went bankrupt – he refused to comment.
Marsalek’s fate is unknown but believed to be in Russia.