The court in Vancouver sided Tuesday with Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan to deport Mikhail Lennikov, 48, and denied his application for judicial review of the deportation order, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Lennikov, his wife and son arrived in Canada in 1997. Lennikov worked as a Japanese translator from 1982 to 1988, and claims he was forced into working for the spy agency.
His wife and teenage son were granted permanent residency in March on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, but Lennikov was ordered out of the country. In June, he took refuge in a Lutheran church to avoid deportation and still lives there, the Vancouver Sun reported.
He claims his life would be endangered in Russia as he would be considered a traitor and defector, as he was debriefed by Canadian intelligence officials when he first arrived in Canada.
Lennikov told the CBC he was in talks with his lawyer about the federal court's latest ruling, but didn't disclose legal plans.
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