Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to media at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday, June 26, 2023, after Australia’s highest court dismissed Russia’s application for an injunction that would have prevented Moscow’s embassy being evicted from a site in the national capital. Albanese said he welcomed the High Court decision and expected the Russians to leave the site.
Government lawyer Tim Begbie said Russia appeared to be making the injunction application to protect its own security and intelligence interests. Elliot said a man who has been living on the site in a portable cabin at least since last week was a security guard protecting the compound. The man had been described in the media as a Russian diplomat.
The security guard left the fenced compound after the decision and did not say a word to reporters as he walked out the gate. He was carrying bags and was collected by a car with diplomatic license plates. Given Elliot’s description of the squatter as a guard, Rothwell doubted the man had diplomatic immunity, which could have prevented Australian authorities removing him from the site.
The legal wrangle over the site is a new low point in strained elations between Russia on one of Ukraine’s most generous supporters outside NATO.
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