Canada refused citizenship to children of Russian spies

Alex Vavilov, the Canadian-born son of Russian intelligence officers, who was revealed along with Anna Chapman in 2010, obtained in court a restoration of Canadian citizenship. The government appealed the decision.

The Government of Canada insists that Alex Vavilov, the son of Russian intelligence officers uncovered in 2010, cannot be considered a citizen of the country. Authorities appealed to the Supreme Court with a request to revoke his passport, writes RBC.

The court earlier in May accepted the case for consideration, hearings are scheduled for early December.

Canada grants citizenship under the "right of the soil", that is, those who were born in the country. The exception is the children of civil servants. The authorities insist that Vavilov’s parents, as intelligence officers, were civil servants, representatives of a foreign state. Consequently, their children were given citizenship illegally. Lawyer Vavilov Hadayt Nazami told the agency that Alex’s parents could not be considered official representatives of another country.

Vavilov, through his lawyer, declined to comment on the agency.

Alex’s parents and his brother Tim are Andrei Bezrukov and Elena Vavilova.

Tim and Alex with their father. Photo: Tim and Alex Foley

They were part of the same secret network of illegal intelligence officers as Anna Chapman. In 1980's, they were sent to Canada. The scouts were arrested in June 2010, in the United States. In July, ten Russian intelligence officers, including Bezrukov and Vavilova, were exchanged for Russians convicted of espionage in Russia (Russian spies caught on the word). Alex tried to return to Canada after that, but the authorities refused to give him a passport.

According to legend, Bezrukov, who worked in the United States under the name of Donald Heathfield, was the son of a Canadian diplomat.

For the first time about the history of Alex and Tim Vavilovyh wrote The Guardian in 2016 year. The correspondent of the newspaper met with Alex Vavilov in Moscow, then he was 21 year. His brother, the material said, worked in Asia in the financial sector.

Tim and Alex with their father. Photo: Tim and Alex Foley

The newspaper quoted Tim's letter to the court in Toronto: “For 20 years I lived, believing that I was Canadian, and I still think that I am Canadian, that will not change anything.” In June, 2017, Alex managed to achieve the restoration of Canadian citizenship in court, and later Tim was able to regain his passport.

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