{"id":49108,"date":"2024-12-06T12:45:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T11:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/?p=49108"},"modified":"2025-01-17T17:26:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:26:32","slug":"british-catcher-london-spies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/british-catcher-london-spies\/","title":{"rendered":"London spies with a base in Bulgaria. They followed Hristo Grozev to liquidate him. The Prosecutor&#8217;s Office remains silent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Large yard with exit on two streets. A house with an uninhabited appearance, but with video surveillance and guarded by <strong>&#8220;Delta Guard<\/strong>&#8220;. Three cars are visible in the yard: a camper with British license plates, a pickup truck and another car wrapped in a rug. This can be seen in the properties of two of the spies from the &#8220;London Six&#8221; in the village of Karpachevo. Three years ago, they were in Bulgaria with the aim of tracking down and killing Hristo Grozev. In front of the wide-shut eyes of the services and the prosecutor&#8217;s office.   <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0428\u043f\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430 \u0431\u0430\u0437\u0430 \u0432 \u041a\u044a\u0440\u043f\u0430\u0447\u0435\u0432\u043e\" width=\"1320\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gkBqzFN-_iQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Information about the actions of spies in Bulgaria with the specific purpose of eliminating Grozev has already been established by British investigators, and details have begun to emerge in the case in London. The acts are punishable, but so far the prosecutor&#8217;s office has not signaled that it will initiate pre-trial proceedings. <\/p>\n<h2>Logistics base<\/h2>\n<p>Our team identified and tracked down the properties of two of the spies: <strong>Katrin Nikolaeva Ivanova and Ivan Iliev Stoyanov. Both were born in 1991. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They acquired neighboring properties in 2020 in the picturesque Lovech village of Karpachevo. Whether by accident or with a deliberately sought effect, but the properties are at ul. Moscow 19 and Moscow 21. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48667\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-48666\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imoti-ru-spies.jpeg?resize=1024%2C593&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imoti-ru-spies.jpeg?resize=1024%2C593&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imoti-ru-spies.jpeg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imoti-ru-spies.jpeg?resize=768%2C445&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imoti-ru-spies.jpeg?resize=1536%2C889&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imoti-ru-spies.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1186&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imoti-ru-spies.jpeg?resize=990%2C573&amp;ssl=1 990w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imoti-ru-spies.jpeg?resize=1320%2C764&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imoti-ru-spies.jpeg?w=2640&amp;ssl=1 2640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The two neighboring properties in Karpachevo are yellow. Photo: Cadastre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When they bought the properties, the two spies were already undercover in Britain as part of a group organized by Russian agent Jan Marsalek. Their goal is to carry out sabotage, including murders of enemies of the Putin regime, including Bulgarian investigative journalist <strong>Hristo Grozev<\/strong>. The group has surveillance equipment and a lot of money.  <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48713\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48712\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/moscow-street-19-21.jpg?resize=1200%2C687&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/moscow-street-19-21.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/moscow-street-19-21.jpg?resize=300%2C172&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/moscow-street-19-21.jpg?resize=1024%2C586&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/moscow-street-19-21.jpg?resize=768%2C440&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/moscow-street-19-21.jpg?resize=990%2C567&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The addresses ul. Moscow 19 and Moscow 21 in the village of Karpachevo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The abandoned building in Karpachevo has many advantages as a logistics base. The last house at the end of the village is not conspicuous. The properties have an exit on a back street. There is also a yard in which to park cars and larger vehicles. The bus with English registration located there is equipped as a campervan, but without windows. This configuration is very reminiscent of the notorious &#8220;catchers&#8221; &#8211; vans with equipment for intercepting mobile phones. Specifically, this van is suitable for discreet tracking and even kidnapping. The security company &#8220;<strong>Delta Guard<\/strong>&#8221; is no coincidence. It was founded by the late Spas Spasov, a full-time employee of the State Security. More recently, it has been associated with the &#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/?s=%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%82%D0%B5+%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0\">Eight Dwarfs<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; scandal and the interests of the sanctioned for corruption oligarch <strong>Delyan Peevski<\/strong>.      <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48719\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48719\" style=\"width: 1575px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48718\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/spies-delta-gard.jpg?resize=1320%2C503&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1320\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/spies-delta-gard.jpg?w=1575&amp;ssl=1 1575w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/spies-delta-gard.jpg?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/spies-delta-gard.jpg?resize=1024%2C390&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/spies-delta-gard.jpg?resize=768%2C293&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/spies-delta-gard.jpg?resize=1536%2C585&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/spies-delta-gard.jpg?resize=990%2C377&amp;ssl=1 990w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/spies-delta-gard.jpg?resize=1320%2C503&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delta Guard stickers warn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48724\" style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48723\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/spies-video-surveillance.jpg?resize=340%2C430&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/spies-video-surveillance.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bird.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/spies-video-surveillance.jpg?resize=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">180 Degree Observation Camera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to local people we talked to, the two owners came only one summer &#8211; 2021. All this should be known to the Bulgarian counterintelligence, as well as to the prosecutor&#8217;s office. The latter did not report that pre-trial proceedings had been initiated for sabotage activities of the six in Bulgaria, despite the scandalous revelations from the trial in London in recent days. The photos also show the working observation camera &#8211; 180 degrees, which looks at the neighboring property and the street. Obviously, there is an electricity bill that someone pays for or has prepaid. Photovoltaic panels as an alternative power supply are missing. It remains to be hoped that the camera is controlled by the Bulgarian services, because if they are not, a reasonable assumption can be made that the Russian spy base is still active at the moment, and is maintained by local &#8220;yataks&#8221;. By the way, the name of Karpachevo comes from the communist poet Hristo Karpachev, known as the author of the song &#8220;Shumite debri and balkani&#8230; We are coming proud partisans&#8221;, which sounded rallies and manifestations before November 10. Lead photo: Katrin Ivanova (top left) and Ivan Stoyanov (bottom left), Delta Guard sticker on the front door, photo to the yard.<\/p>\n<p> Collage: BIRD.BG<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Large yard with exit on two streets. A house with an uninhabited appearance, but with video surveillance and guarded by &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"London spies with a base in Bulgaria. They followed Hristo Grozev to liquidate him. The Prosecutor&#8217;s Office remains silent\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/bird.bg\/en\/british-catcher-london-spies\/#more-49108\" aria-label=\"More on London spies with a base in Bulgaria. They followed Hristo Grozev to liquidate him. 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