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Feds launch Supreme Court appeal in sons-of-Russian-spies case

Ottawa is going to the mat against the Toronto-born kids of KGB agents, saying they have no right to Canadian citizenship

Sons of Russian spies’ case comes to a head

Alex Vavilov won a court decision restoring his citizenship, but CSIS says his brother was ‘sworn in’ by their spy parents. Will Ottawa fight to keep them out of the country?