Australia's highest court on Monday dismissed Russia's request for an injunction that would have halted the eviction of its embassy from a site in the capital, Canberra. A man who had been occupying the block in a portable cabin for more than a week in an apparent act of Russian defiance left soon after.
High Court Justice Jayne Jagot described Russia's challenge of a law terminating the lease as weak. "I do not perceive case ... to be a strong one. Indeed, it is difficult to identify a serious question to be tried," Jagot said.Parliament passed emergency legislation on June 15 that terminated Russia's lease on the largely empty block on security grounds because the new embassy would have been too close to Parliament House.
Russia's lawyer, Elliot Hyde, had argued that Ambassador Alexey Pavlovsky would not have confidence in the integrity and security of a consular building already on the site if the embassy is not allowed to maintain possession until the challenge to the lease's termination is decided. "The court has made clear that there is no legal basis for a Russian presence to continue on the site at this time, and we expect the Russian Federation to act in accordance with the court's ruling," Albanese told reporters.
The Russian Embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Russia had accused Australia of "Russophobic hysteria" for cancelling the lease of the site in Canberra's diplomatic quarter where Moscow wanted to build a new embassy. The current Russian Embassy is in the Canberra suburb of Griffith and its operations are unaffected.
With him gone, police could avoid any further legal challenge by securing the site and preventing any Russian diplomat from taking his place, Rothwell said. Albanese on Monday announced an additional 110 million Australian dollars in aid to Ukraine that includes 70 military vehicles and features 28 M113 tracked armoured personnel carriers. The aid also includes ammunition and AU$10 million in humanitarian help for shelters, health services, clean water and sanitation.
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