Hadayt Nazami and Mikhail Lennikov

B.C. Lutheran church: I can only hope he is safe." Nazami did not say where Lennikov had gone, according to CBC. Lennikov was ordered deported in 2009 but sought religious sanctuary in a B.C. Lutheran church, where he lived until recently. Mikhail Lennikov lawyer Hadayt Nazami says his client has concluded negotiations with Canadian border services and is no longer in the country. "The decision was his own," said Nazami. "His family are Canadian citizen and have not left Canada. Former KGB officer takes sanctuary in church to avoid deportation Deport ex-KGB agent, group demands Several groups called for him to leave, including Ukrainian groups based in Canada. Lennikov openly confessed his role with the infamous Soviet spy agency to the Canadian government in 1999 and said he did the work under pressure. Canadian immigration officials declared Lennikov a threat to national security because of his history working as a KGB translator in the 1980s. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.