Aleksey Pavlovsky also says the Australian government had engaged in a ‘theatre of the absurd’ over contested future embassy site in Canberra
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The Russian ambassador to Australia has accused a protester of throwing a dead possum on to the grounds of the country’s existing embassy in Canberra.
Aleksey Pavlovsky levelled the accusation against a pro-Ukraine protester in an interview with the Canberra Times published on Thursday, while also arguing the Australian government had engaged in a “theatre of the absurd”.
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