A former Soviet KGB agent has taken sanctuary in a Vancouver church in order to avoid his scheduled deportation early Wednesday morning, CBC News has learned.
Mikhail Lennikov lost his last chance to stay in Canada on Monday when a Federal Court Judge upheld a decision by the Federal Public Safety Minister that Lennikov could not remain in Canada.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will respond to any attempts to militarize the Arctic, the head of the country's armed forces was quoted as saying on Monday during a visit to Abu Dhabi.
"Overall, we are looking at how far the region will be militarized. Depending on that, we'll then decide what to do," Interfax news agency quoted General Nikolai Makarov, the head of the General Staff, as saying.