Five people to be charged in UK over suspected spying for Russia

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said that the five - all Bulgarian nationals - will be charged with conspiracy to conduct espionage.

They include three men and two women: Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, Katrin Ivanova, 31, Ivan Stoyanov, 31, and Vanya Gaberova, 29, according to Sky News.

Nick Price, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said they will be charged with "conspiring to collect information intended to be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy for a purpose prejudicial to the safety and interest of the state between August 30, 2020, and February 8, 2023".

Roussev, Dzhambazov, and Ivanova were previously charged in February with possession of false identity documents with improper intention.

The charges follow an investigation by the Metropolitan Police.

All five will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 26.