Russian squatter leaves Canberra embassy site following high court loss

Judge suggests Russia's case against federal laws cancelling lease appears weak and difficult to understand'

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Australia's high court has dismissed Russia's attempt to temporarily hold on to the site of its proposed new embassy in Canberra, describing its challenge to laws cancelling the lease as weak" and hard to understand".

An hour after the ruling, a Russian official who had been squatting on the Yarralumla site left in a diplomatic vehicle. He didn't say anything to waiting reporters.

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