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After the spying convictions of six Bulgarians开yun体育网, police have warned of further Russian operations against opponents

A second Kremlin spy operation has been discovered targeting Russian dissidents in Britain, it can be revealed.

Roman Dobrokhotov , a journalist in the sights of the six Bulgarians convicted of spying for Russia , said he had been informed of fresh attempts to surveil his family.

I received a warning from the police last spring, said Dobrokhotov, 41, who moved to the UK in January 2023. These attempts are ongoing.

The details of the warning given to Dobrokhotov, who fled Moscow in 2021, are being withheld on his request, as is the location of him and his wife, Kate, and their two sons, aged eight and 10.

Six Bulgarian nationals with resident status in the UK C Vanya Gaberova, 30, Katrin Ivanova, 33, Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, Orlin Roussev, 47, Biser Dzhambazov, 43, and Ivan Stoyanov, 34 C were convicted of carrying out espionage operations at home and abroad.

Jan Marsalek, 44, an Austrian national believed to be working as a Russian agent, masterminded the British operation from Moscow despite being wanted for his links to an alleged 051.6bn fraud at the disgraced German financial company Wirecard.

Two of their targets were the journalists Christo Grozev and Dobrokhotov, who were responsible for unmasking the two Russian military intelligence officers who tried to murder Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury in 2018.

Messages discovered by the police revealed that Dobrokhotov had been followed so closely that his iPhone pin number was picked up by one of the spies sitting next to him on a plane.

There had also been discussions within the group about poisoning Dobrokhotov with ricin on the streets of London or abducting him using a small boat.

The police warning of a new attempt to target Dobrokhotov came months after the arrest of the spy ring in February 2024.

Dobrokhotov is the editor-in-chief of the Insider website, whose investigative work has led to about 80 companies and 60 people being hit with economic sanctions by the west over their roles in facilitating Vladimir Putins war in Ukraine.

Dobrokhotov said: I understood that after the arrest of the Bulgarians, there must be still some continuous attention to me and Christo because we didnt stop our work.

Also, because we were told by our source that, after this team controlled by [the] FSB [Russias security service] was arrested, the task C the same task C is now given to the GRU [military intelligence].

We were expecting that there will be something continuing. So after police said that they know about some new attempts, that was not very surprising, just confirmation of what our Russian source was telling us.

Dobrokhotov said he recognised the need to be constantly on the move to avoid the attentions of the Kremlin.

He said: All my family are worried, of course. They worry about me and they understand that they are not safe C if they put novichok [the biological agent used in the murder attempt on the Skripals] on the door handle, they can all suffer.

On the other hand, its the worst situation when you dont know whether you should be very much worried, or you can relax. You always doubt if you are paranoid about all of this stuff. So in some way, its good to know that you know this situation.

A counter-terrorism policing spokesperson said: Counter-terrorism policing works closely with police forces, partners and communities to identify any repressive activity by foreign states in the UK and will seek to disrupt this activity where possible.

This has been shown to be the case with a number of recent arrests and charges that have been made in relation to offences under the National Security Act.

We would encourage members of the public to report any allegations of foreign interference to their local police force.

On receipt of any such reports, officers would also assess whether there are any safeguarding or security concerns or issues and, in liaison with specialist officers, would be able to provide individuals affected with appropriate safety and security advice and support as required.

Briefings on personal safety are not the limit of our activity to keep people safe, but they do create direct connections between individuals, organisations and policing.

The importance of that advice should not be underestimated, and neither should the scale of operational activity taking place within our proactive investigations teams and with partner agencies to keep people safe.

在六名保加利亚东谈主因间谍罪名被定罪后，警方已告诫称，俄罗斯将进一步针对反对派东谈主士进行手脚。

不错披露的是，在英国，已发现第二起克里姆林宫针对俄罗斯异见东谈主士的间谍手脚。

被六名被判为为俄罗斯从事间谍行径的保加利亚东谈主盯上的记者Roman Dobrokhotov示意，他已获知有新的监视其家庭的企图。

2023年1月搬到英国的41岁多布罗霍特夫（Dobrokhotov）示意：“旧年春天，我收到了警方的告诫。这些尝试仍在络续。”

由于2021年逃离莫斯科的杜布罗霍托夫的申请，其收到的告诫的细节、他本东谈主、太太凯特以及他们两个男儿（辞别为8岁和10岁）的地方地都被暂时遁入。

六名在英国领有居留身份的保加利亚公民――瓦尼娅·加伯娃（30岁）、卡特琳·伊万诺娃（33岁）、蒂霍米尔·伊万切夫（39岁）、奥林·鲁塞夫（47岁）、比瑟·詹巴佐夫（43岁）和伊凡·斯托亚诺夫（34岁）――因在国内和海外从事间谍行径而被定罪。

44岁的奥地利东谈主Jan Marsalek被合计是又名在俄罗斯责任的间谍，尽管他因与德国金融公司Wirecard的16亿欧元欺诈案联系而被通缉，但他仍然在莫斯科规划了英国的手脚。

他们两位的打击盘算辞别是记者克里斯托·格罗泽夫（Christo Grozev）和多布罗霍托夫（Dobrokhotov），这两位记者在2018年揭露了两名俄罗斯军事谍报官员试图在索尔兹伯里谋杀谢尔盖·斯克里帕尔（Sergei Skripal）偏执女儿尤利娅（Yulia）的行径。

警方发现的音信娇傲，Dobrokhotov在飞机上被追踪得如斯之近，甚至于坐在他傍边的间谍之一得知了他的iPhone密码。

该组织里面还曾酌量过在伦敦街头使用蓖麻毒素摧毁多布罗霍特夫，约略使用划子将其诈骗。

在2024年2月间谍组织被捕数月后，警方发出了针对多布罗霍托夫的新进攻企图告诫。

Dobrokhotov是“Insider”网站的裁剪总监，其打听责任导致约80家公司和60东谈主因在乌克兰为弗拉基米尔·普京的构兵提供便利的变装而受到西方国度的经济制裁。

多布罗霍托夫示意：“我明显在保加利亚东谈主被捕后，我和克里斯托仍会受到握续的暖和，因为咱们莫得住手咱们的责任。”

此外，咱们的音信开首告诉咱们，在由俄罗斯联邦安全局（FSB）结果的这支戎行被逮捕后，不异的任务当今交给了俄罗斯军事谍报局（GRU）。

咱们料预见将会有握续的手脚。因此，当警方示意他们知谈一些新的尝试时，这并不令东谈主诧异，仅仅对咱们俄罗斯音信源的证明。

多布罗霍托夫（Dobrokhotov）示意，他意志到需要束缚手脚以幸免克里姆林宫（Kremlin）的明慧。

他说谈：“虽然，我的家东谈主都十摊派心。他们惦记我，何况明显若是他们在门把手上涂上诺维乔克（Skripals谋杀未遂案中使用的生物制剂），那么他们都会受到影响。”

另一方面，当你不知谈是否应该很是惦记，也曾应该削弱时，这是最灾祸的情况。你老是会怀疑我方是否因为这些事情而过度惦记。因此，从某种意念念上说，知谈我方了解这种景象是件善事。

又名反恐警务发言东谈主示意：“反恐警务与警方、配结伴伴和社区良好配合，以识别任何番邦国度在英国的弹压行径，并将在可能的情况下寻求打断这种行径。”

这一情况已在最近因违背《国度安全法》而进行的逮捕和指控中得回了证实。

咱们荧惑公众向当地警方诠释任何干联番邦干预的指控。

在收到任何此类诠释后，考查还会评估是否存在职何保护或安全方面的费心或问题，并会与专科考查聚合，凭证需要为受影响东谈主员提供符合的安全和安全冷落及撑握。

对于个东谈主安全的简报，并不是咱们保护东谈主们安全的一都行径，但它们照着实个东谈主、组织和警务之间建筑了胜仗的承接。

该冷落的首要性碎裂低估开yun体育网，不异首要的是咱们主动打听小组和与配结伴伴机构开展的运营行径限制，以保护东谈主们的安全。