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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Steve Evans

Russia wins battle with National Capital Authority over embassy eviction

Land allocated to Russia for a new embassy. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

The Russian embassy has won its legal battle with the National Capital Authority (NCA) which tried to evict it from its new site in Canberra.

The Federal Court has ruled last year's eviction order by the NCA was invalid. It means the Russian government can keep building an embassy on the plot from which it was kicked off.

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