Sixth person charged with allegedly spying for Russia

Scotland Yard said that Ivanchev,  of Acton, west London, is to appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday

St Basil’s Cathedral, in Moscow’s Red Square (Ian Nicholson/PA)

A sixth person has been charged with allegedly spying for Russia, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 38,  has been charged with conspiring to obtain, collect, record, publish or communicate documents or information which might be or was intended to be directly or indirectly useful for a purpose prejudicial to the safety and interest of the state.