The High Court of Australia has definitively banned Russia from building a new embassy in the country's capital, Canberra. It recognized the legality of the annulment of the land lease agreement on national security grounds, UNN reports with reference to ABC.
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Back in 2008, Russia signed a 99-year lease agreement for a plot of land in Canberra, 300 meters from the Australian Parliament, and intended to build a new embassy there to replace the old one, which is located in another part of the city.
However, in 2023, the Australian Parliament decided that such a neighborhood posed a threat to the country's national security. A corresponding law was adopted - the Russian side tried to challenge this decision, arguing that it allegedly "contradicted" the Australian Constitution.
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