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Planning authorities in Canberra terminated the lease last year on land where the new Russian embassy building was close to completion. Since then the parliament has passed a law affirming the ban on the mission.
CANBERRA, Australia -- 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.
The High Court of Australia threw out attempts by Russian officials to grant an injunction against recent federal laws terminating the lease on the embassy site.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — 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,
Australia agreed to send 70 more armoured vehicles to Ukraine, as the High Court backs the decision to kick Russia off diplomatic land in Canberra.