Burnaby Now August 19 2015

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ART IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS Artist Charlie Aniban with pine-needle ducks at the Deer Lake Summer Art Festival on Saturday. The festival included a sculpture exhibition, live music performances, an art workshop for kids, summer theatre show and an artisans’ market. For more photos from the festival, see our gallery at www.burnabynow.com. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

Ex-KGB agent has left the country

Mikhail Lennikov had been living in aVancouver church for six years to avoid deportation Jennifer Moreau

jmoreau@burnabynow.com

After six years of living in a church to avoid deportation, former Burnaby resident and ex-KGB agent Mikhail Lennikov has left the country.

Lennikov’s immigration lawyer, Hadayt Nazami, confirmed with the NOW that he’s left Canada but could not confirm he was headed for Russia. “He’s no longer in the country,” Nazami told the NOW. “It’s a deportation but not in the regular sense of the word….Techni-

cally of course it’s a deportation, but it was a negotiated settlement, so it was a smooth departure.” According to Nazami, Lennikov’s wife and son are still in Canada, and they’ve applied for their Canadian citizenship, although he was unsure if they’ve received it yet. Nazami said Lennikov still wants to fight the order to leave the country. “He might very well come back depend-

ing on the outcome of his application. He has a number of applications outstanding,” he said. “If he wants to apply from overseas, he can file new applications. He could file a humanitarian application, sponsorship application, registered visa applications. Whether or not they accept it is another issue.” Nazami said he was not permitted to share many details of the case, including Continued on page 8

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