Six members of a Russian proxy spy ring dubbed "the Minions" are facing years behind bars for one of the "largest and most complex" enemy operations to be uncovered on UK soil.Bulgarians Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 39, were found guilty at the Old Bailey of spying on an "industrial scale", putting lives and national security at risk.They engaged in a series of surveillance and intelligence operations over three years in which they were referred to as Desp

Six members of a Russian proxy spy ring dubbed "the Minions" are facing years behind bars for one of the "largest and most complex" enemy operations to be uncovered on UK soil.Bulgarians Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 39, were found guilty at the Old Bailey of spying on an "industrial scale", putting lives and national security at risk.They engaged in a series of surveillance and intelligence operations over three years in which they were referred to as Despicable Me's yellow sidekicks.