For several years, the Russian Federation did not start construction of a building on the allocated site, and the city authorities applied a “use it or lose it” policy.
In the capital of Australia, Canberra, the previously allocated land, intended for the construction of a new embassy, was removed from the office of the representative of Russia. This was announced on Wednesday, August 17, by ABC Australia.
It was noted that the site in the center of Canberra was leased to Russian diplomats in 2008, and permission to build a new embassy was issued in 2011. According to the agreement, Russia must build a new building within three years, but never did it.
The position of the Russian leadership is that the construction has been delayed allegedly because of the sanctions imposed by Australia for the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Meanwhile, the city authorities said that the unfinished construction in the premium quarter was spoiling the general aesthetics, in connection with which they decided to apply their policy of “use it or lose it” and ordered the Russians to leave the territory for 20 days.
At the same time, Canberra said that such a decision had nothing to do with a large-scale invasion of Ukraine and called it an “independent case.”
It was previously reported that Australia had imposed sanctions against the Putin family. The sanctions list includes 16 people, including Russian ministers, businessmen and relatives of the Russian president.
Australia has also provided Ukraine with financial aid and military equipment.
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Source: korrespondent
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