Elena Miller
Elena Miller, originally known as Yelena Borisovna Olshanskaya, is a Russian who, as alleged by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), lived in Canada as a spy, using the name of a dead child as a cover. Olshanskaya later lost the right to immigrate back to Canada to live with her second husband, Canadian Peter Miller.[1][2][3][4]
Career
In the early 1990s, Yelena Olshanskaya came to live in Canada under the alias Laurie Catherine Mary Lambert (nee Brodie). Her husband Dmitriy used the alias Ian Mackenzie Lambert.[1]
On 27 May 1996,
The couple divorced soon after they were arrested,[4] and were deported from Canada in June 1996.[1][3][4] Dmitriy Olshansky then married his girlfriend; Yelena married her boyfriend, a UK-born Canadian doctor named Peter Miller, in a ceremony attended by her ex-husband.[1][3][4]
In 1998, Peter Miller sponsored Elena's application for permanent residence in Canada.[1][3] Miller claimed that she posed no threat to Canada because she had quit Russian intelligence in October 1996. She also refused to discuss her spying activity in Canada because of a non-disclosure agreement.[1] The suit failed in federal courts due to her security status.[3][4]
On 24 July 2006, in an appeal decision, Canada's federal court chief, Justice Allan Lutfy, upheld the decision of Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan to deny Miller's immigration request. As a result, Miller could not return to Canada to live with her Canadian husband.[1][3] The Millers subsequently settled in Switzerland.[2]
In October 2006, Elena Miller sued
See also
- Donald Heathfield and Tracey Lee Ann Foley Two Russians in Canada under the Illegals Program
- Maria Butina
- Anna Chapman
- Donald Heathfield
- Jack Barsky
- Sleeper agent
- Resident spy
- Salt (2010 film)
- The Americans
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Ex-Spy Refused Return to Canada". Moscow Times. 4 August 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d Jiménez, Marina (4 October 2006). "Russian spy sues Ottawa for being left out in cold". The Globe & Mail. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Jiménez, Marina (22 December 2006). "Ex-spy loses lawsuit over Canada's refusal to let her return". The Globe & Mail. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Whitaker, Reginald; Kealey, Gregory S.; Parnaby, Andrew (2012). Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada : from the Fenians to Fortress America. University of Toronto Press. pp. 420–422. Retrieved 22 December 2018.