Elena Miller
Encyclopedia
Elena Miller, formerly Yelena Borisovna Olshanskaya, is a former Russia
n spy
sent to work in Canada
.
Together with her husband, Dmitry Vladimirovich Olshansky, she is alleged to have begun spying in 1990. As cover, she and her husband assumed the identity of two people who had, in reality, died as children — Olshansky claimed to be Laurie Lambert, born Laurie Brodie. In 1996, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
told a court that they worked for Russia's SVR
intelligence agency, and they were deported.
Olshansky divorced her husband the same year, and soon afterwards married Peter Miller, a Canadian doctor. Claiming to have resigned as a spy, she applied to return to Canada, but this request was denied by Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan
. An appeal was unsuccessful.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n spy
Espionage
Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it...
sent to work in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Together with her husband, Dmitry Vladimirovich Olshansky, she is alleged to have begun spying in 1990. As cover, she and her husband assumed the identity of two people who had, in reality, died as children — Olshansky claimed to be Laurie Lambert, born Laurie Brodie. In 1996, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is Canada's national intelligence service. It is responsible for collecting, analyzing, reporting and disseminating intelligence on threats to Canada's national security, and conducting operations, covert and overt, within Canada and abroad.Its...
told a court that they worked for Russia's SVR
Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)
The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service is Russia's primary external intelligence agency. The SVR is the successor of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB since December 1991...
intelligence agency, and they were deported.
Olshansky divorced her husband the same year, and soon afterwards married Peter Miller, a Canadian doctor. Claiming to have resigned as a spy, she applied to return to Canada, but this request was denied by Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan
Anne McLellan
|-...
. An appeal was unsuccessful.
External links
- US Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive news archive (see "In the News" section)
- Moscow Times report on immigration request