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SocietyHis parents were Russian spies, so Canada tried to cancel his citizenship

At 16, Alex is a Canadian teenager living an American-dream life with his parents in a leafy suburb, enjoying family trips, good schools and birthday celebrations. That life collapses when the FBI arrives and arrests his parents as Russian secret agents. Sent to Russia, a country he has never visited, he is given the surname Vavilov, which he cannot pronounce.

CCBC News 2026-09-29 10:00