Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed concerns that a lone Russian diplomat was allegedly squatting on a previously planned Moscow embassy building site, describing the man as “some bloke standing on a blade of grass.”
The site, originally slated for a new Russian embassy in the Australian capital of Canberra, lies directly adjacent to the country’s parliament. Australia’s government last week terminated its lease on the grounds of national security. That has subsequently set off a diplomatic row with Moscow which has vowed to challenge the decision. Multiple Australian media outlets have since reported a bizarre twist to the diplomatic dust up.
If the man is a diplomat, he would be covered by diplomatic immunity, presenting an extra layer of complexity for any law enforcement action to remove him. A spokesperson from the Australian Federal Police told CNN it would not comment “on protection matters.” The now-scrapped site for the proposed Russian embassy at Yarralumla sits about 400 meters from Australia’s parliamentary precinct.
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