The alleged detective ‘thought she is helping to find a fugitive’

A woman to spy for Russia believes that she is helping to find a fugitive desired by Interpol, she has told a court.

While appearing in Old Bailey, Catreen Ivanova said he saw a Russian man in Montenegro, but believed that he was “desired” for financial fraud.

Ms. Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Evachev, 39, all from London, denies allegations of conspiracy to spy.

Bulgarian citizens were allegedly involved in several espionage operations against people and interests of interest for the Russian state.

Ms. Ivanova also refuses to keep many false identity documents.

She was asked to her barrister, what she thought she was doing on an operation related to Kiril Kachur in Montenegro, nominated by Russia as a foreign agent.

Ms. Ivanova told the gamblers that her partner Bisar Dazambazov had said that Shri Kachur was a “fugitive” wanted by Interpol.

“I am looking for a bad man who stole a lot of money from people in Russia,” he said.

Ms. Ivanova said that she believes that when she was caught Mr. Kachur, she would share from Interpol in a “big reward”, and the information she had gathered passed to Orolin Rousv. Was gone, which in return had passed it in Interpol.

46 -year -old Rusev from Great Yarmouth, and 43 -year -old from London, Dazambazov has already convicted a conspiracy to spy for Russia.

While answering questions from Mozamel Hussain Casey, Bairister, Ms. Ivanova for Mr. Evachev erased from a distance in the form of tears because he agreed that Dazambazov was “fraud and dishonest” and made him “fools” .

Prosecutor Alison Morgan Casey questioned Ms. Ivanova: “Are you a good actress?”

“I don’t think so,” said Ms. Ivanova.

Ms. Morgan listed the examples of the “lie” of the defendant and asked Ms. Ivanova if she was as a “fraud” as Rusev and Dazambazov. Ms. Ivanova said that she was not, but “was in a very long refusal”.

Ms. Ivanova said that she did not know about the false passports found by the police in a London flat, which she had shared with Dzambazov.

Asked if Rusev and Dazambazov “used him for three years”, he said “yes, the other two in the dock”, as Ms. Gabberova and Sri Evachev saw.

Ms. Morgan asked Ms. Ivanova why she did not apologize to the people she was following.

“I am doing this now,” she replied.

One of the targets was Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev, who exposed Russian participation in Salisbury in the 2018 Novichok attack, was heard by the court.

Ms. Ivanova said that she was told that she was “corrupt” by her partner Dzhambazov.

“The purpose of monitoring was to prove that he was a hypocritical following him,” he said.

Ms. Morgan suggested that the defendant was a “intelligent” woman and preliminary research would know that Mr. Grozev examined the Russian officials.

The prosecutor said, “One of the things he had investigated in this country was a salicebury attack, you knew that you were not? It is an abusive incident.”

Ms. Ivanova denied that she became aware of “more closely” from the Salisbury poison attack only after being arrested.

He told the gamblers: “I was not interested in politics, Russian agents, Novichok.”

The test is underway.