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##### ###### #### > # [Squatting Russian diplomat refusing to leave terminated Canberra embassy site](https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/5d0dd7f31af2032a8e825fcbbefbe30e?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&cropH=2270&cropW=4036&xPos=0&yPos=754&width=862&height=485) > > > > The prime minister has poked fun at a Russian diplomat who is squatting on land near Parliament House and defying a new law effectively evicting Russia from the site. > > ## Key points: > > - A Russian diplomat is refusing to leave land the Commonwealth has reclaimed from Russia > - Russia's lease to build an embassy at the site was terminated over national security concerns > - The prime minister says a "bloke ... on a blade of grass" does not constitute a national security risk > > > > The Australian newspaper has revealed that a lone diplomat is refusing to leave the Commonwealth land formerly held by the Russians for a future embassy, triggering a stand-off with Australian Federal Police. > > Police are unable to remove him, even though the site has been voided as embassy land, because he holds diplomatic immunity. > > But Anthony Albanese said the government had begun the process to take back possession of the block, and said the government remained confident its legal position was sound. > > "A bloke standing in the cold on a blade of grass in Canberra is not a threat to our national security," Mr Albanese said. > > The federal government rushed a law through parliament in record time last week to cancel Russia's lease on the site, blocking the nation from building a new embassy building there. > > The government cited national security concerns to justify terminating Russia's lease for the land. > > Russia appears to be preparing a legal challenge to the new laws, but Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said the government would be vindicated in the courts if that happened. > > "We are confident of our position. The national security concern we are seeking to manage is the proposal to build the second Russian National embassy a stone's throw from Parliament House," she said. > > "We dealt with the national security matter, as the PM has said, a bloke sitting on a site is not a national security threat to this country." > > "Particularly when it is so cold out there," Mr Albanese added. > > The Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham took a sharper tone, saying the government "should not accept such a flagrant breach of the law." > > "Australians expect our laws to be respected and complied with," he said. > > "We will support government and law enforcement agencies to uphold Australian laws, including using all legal means to evict anyone on the site illegally." > > > > > > Posted 16h ago16 hours agoFri 23 Jun 2023 at 12:37am, updated 14h ago14 hours agoFri 23 Jun 2023 at 2:45am - - - - - - [Maintainer](https://www.reddit.com/user/urielsalis) | [Creator](https://www.reddit.com/user/subtepass) | [Source Code](https://github.com/urielsalis/empleadoEstatalBot) Summoning /u/CoverageAnalysisBot


Jermules

The real question is is he Slav Squatting?


Woodworkin101

That’s not a question. We all know he is and has no other choice.


simmocar

No no, the real question is what kind of Adidas tracksuit is he wearing?


Jermules

There is only The One [Perfect for every occasion](https://youtu.be/VLW1ieY4Izw)


MCRN-Gyoza

Lol at the PM thinking 10-14C is cold for a Russian.


HWGA_Exandria

Anyone know if Australia has the ability to make a diplomat a "persona non grata" written into their treaties? Seems like that'd be the simplest answer here.


Gruffleson

Of course they can do that, it's in the basic rules of diplomacy.


DiogenesOfDope

People should protest by blasting music outside the place


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kwonza

Fight the good fight, brother! Fuck Australia, racist country with most record of atrocities in Afghanistan. Also people of East Timor didn’t forget for degenerate kangaroos did to them!


SenatorsSawzall

Fuck Russia with the most recorded atrocities in Ukraine. Biggest blunder since Napoleon invaded Russia.


LittleRickyPemba

That's bait.


kakucko68

another tasty lunch from daddy Putin?


CantoniaCustoms

Both Russia and Australia will become chinese colonies in the next decade. Canada in the subsequent decade haha (then uncle Sam starts nuclear war. Can't blame him for being a fallout fan)