An American citizen has been accused of having engaged in espionage for Russia and is facing removal from Canada — and separation from her Canadian husband. Elena Crenna is deemed inadmissible to Canada for security reasons for her contacts with Russia’s intelligence and security agency, the FSB, while working as a translator for a Canadian housing development project 20 years ago. when the applicant was attached to a Canadian project, she was not engaged in ‘espionage’ as defined in the Oxford English and Merriam-Webster dictionaries,” the officer wrote in the letter dated February 22, 2016. A spokesperson for the border agency said its officers have the authority to initiate an admissibility proceeding when they have grounds to believe the person is inadmissible to the country. Elena Crenna could face removal and be banned from re-entering Canada if the immigration division tribunal upholds the border agency’s inadmissibility findings.

Source: thestar January 24, 2018 22:52 UTC