After protracted litigation the son of Russian spies Alex Vavilov was able to restore canadian citizenship, which he was deprived after the exposure of the parents.
The canadian government has deprived Alex Vavilov and his older brother Tim’s citizenship after his parents were arrested by the FBI as a KGB spies, while the sons believed that their parents – law-abiding Canadians.
Alex Vavilov was previously called Alexander Foley, he was born in Toronto and grew up in France and the United States, believing that his parents were naturalized Americans of canadian origin. However, in 2010 his mother and father were arrested by the FBI in 11 Russian agents, the most famous of which was Anna Chapman.
Throughout his life, Alex and Tim thought their parents the most typical married couple — Donald Heathfield and Tracey Foley. That’s only really their names were Andrey Bezrukov and Elena Vavilova; both were born in the Soviet Union was the KGB. In the 1980s, the years they were under different names (dead Canadians) were sent to Canada. The family later moved to France and then to Massachusetts. All this time the Heathfield and Foley led a double life.
In the year of the arrest of their parents Alex was 16 years old, Tim – 20. They later received Russian citizenship under the names Alexander and Timothy Vavilov. Alex and Tim were denied canadian citizenship because of the provision that «children of foreign government officials» are exempt from the citizenship of Canada by birth.
«I feel that I have been deprived of their identity for something I had no relations», — said the Guardian Alex Vavilov.
Its in Russia’s steel. Tim eventually left to work as a financier in Asia. Alex submitted the documents to the University of Toronto and even got a student visa, but later he was summoned for interview at the canadian Embassy, where he asked about the family and cancelled the visa.
But the court of Toronto decided to return citizenship of Canada Alex. The case of the elder brother is pending in the Supreme court of Canada.
The canadian government has 30 days to appeal the decision, but the lawyer brothers Hadith Azami hoped that this will not happen.
«Alex and Tim had experienced many difficulties since childhood, and not their fault. I hope she will finally be able to return to the country, which is rightly considered to be their home,» said the lawyer.
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