Alexander: Canadian Citizenship and Court

alexander: FAMILY PHOTO By Jim Bronskill The Canadian Press Fri., June 23, 2017 OTTAWA The Toronto-born son of Russian spies has won a court battle to regain his Canadian citizenship after it was revoked by Ottawa, according to Toronto Star. The long-awaited Federal Court of Appeal decision in Alexander Vavilov's favour is the latest twist in an intriguing espionage saga that spans continents and cultures. The federal court of appeal ruled in Alexander's favour and has given him back his Canadian citizenship that had been revoked by Ottawa. Vavilov was born in 1994 as Alexander Philip Anthony Foley to Donald Heathfield and Tracey Ann Foley. Alexander's life unravelled one day in June 2010 when the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation turned up at the family's Boston-area home. The following year the family including an older boy, Timothy left Canada for France, where they spent four years before moving to the United States. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.