Six members of a bed-hopping Russian spy ring run out of a Great Yarmouth guesthouse were today jailed for a total of 50 years.
The agents passed secrets to Russian intelligence for almost three years, spying on a US airbase in Germany and tailing opponents of Vladimir Putin - some of whom they plotted to kidnap, murder or snare in 'honeytraps'.
Vladimir Putin's promiscuous gang of bed-hoppers were dubbed 'the Minions', after the yellow sidekicks from animated film Despicable Me, and ran one of the 'largest and most complex' enemy operations uncovered on UK soil.
They carried out espionage on an 'industrial scale', putting lives and national security at risk.
Beautician Vanya Gaberova, 30, and lab technician Katrin Ivanova, 33, who were in a love triangle with the operations chief of the spy ring, were jailed for six years and eight months and nine years eight months.
