Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has maintained Russia will never be allowed to build its second embassy near Parliament House in Canberra regardless of its legal action.
His comments come as the Russian Federation files an injunction in the High Court
to bypass new laws blocking its planned development on Australian security ground.
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