Squatter leaves after Russia loses bid to stop Australia from evicting its embassy

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s highest court on Monday dismissed Russia’s application for an injunction that would havefrom a site in the national capital, Canberra. A man who had been occupying the site in a portable cabin for more than a week in an apparent act of Russian defiance left soon after.

Government lawyer Tim Begbie said Russia appeared to be applying for the injunction to protect its own security and intelligence interests. Hyde said a man who had been living on the site since at least last week was a security guard protecting the compound. The man had been described in the media as a Russian diplomat.

“Australia supports the law. Russia has not been real good at upholding the law in recent times,” Albanese added, referring to the invasion of Ukraine. Australian National University international law expert Don Rothwell said an examination of the published list of accredited Russian diplomats in Australia revealed there were only three male diplomats who could be the man guarding the embassy site.

Australian Federal Police last week declined to explain why the man had not been removed from the contested site as a trespasser.

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