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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australia's top court rejects Russia's challenge to embassy eviction

Australia’s highest court on Wednesday rejected Russia's challenge to a law that evicted the state on security grounds from a site where Moscow wanted to build its new embassy.

Seven High Court judges unanimously ruled that while the Australian government was entitled to cancel the lease in the national capital Canberra, it also owed Russia compensation.

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