A Russian diplomat crouched on the ground near Parliament House in Canberra has suddenly left – after the nation’s misplaced efforts to bring out the bottom.
Australia’s High Court has rejected an attempt by Russian officials to block an order, contrary to current federal legal guidelines, terminating the Russian Federation’s lease on the embassy property.
Judge Jane Jagot said Russia’s arguments for keeping the embassy’s website were weak and there was no basis for granting the injunction.
Shortly after the selection, Sky News footage captured a second instance of the thriller’s man, who lived at the property, breaking out and getting into a ready car, faster than leaving.
A white van mysteriously stood at the entrance to the square.
A mysterious Russian diplomat has broken into Canberra’s embassy grounds (above) but now appears to be on the loose.
Laws ending diplomatic land leases were passed by parliament earlier this month, citing nationwide security threats.
Since then, a Russian diplomat has been seen in a shed on a website where the nation was denied the opportunity to build an embassy.
The Russian Embassy in Griffith, a Canberra suburb in Canberra’s south, will not be affected by the choice.
The Commonwealth wrote to Russian officials over the weekend that the federal government would not open the embassy’s website while the trial was pending.
But Commonwealth’s Attorney Tim Begbie told the KC he had not heard back.
“I did not criticize my friend for not responding to this letter. Russia has had other things on his mind this weekend,” he said in court records on Monday.
Judge Jagot stated that previously the National Capital Authority’s attempt to terminate the embassy lease was dominated by a federal court document, but the brand new federal legal guidelines took precedence.
On the territory of the embassy, the Russian diplomat squatted in the grandmother’s apartment
The National Capital Authority granted the lease for the Yaralumla site in December 2008 and accepted building approvals in 2011.
According to the lease agreements, Russia had agreed to complete construction within three years, but the embassy remains partially built.
Lawyers for the Russian officials told the court that the brand new federal legal guidelines have “no impact on the general public,” arguing that hundreds of thousands of {dollars} would have been spent building the site.
Although the court record rejected the Russian officers’ order, it is not known whether the issue of the general validity of the legal guidelines will be addressed in the future.
