russia has just lost its appeal to build a new embassy a stone's throw from parliament house. the government passed legislation to prevent russia from using that land, claiming a potential national security threat. cnn's angus watson joins me from sydney. where do they go from here? does russia have any other recourse now? >> reporter: well, john, the strange conclusion to this story might just have arrived. australian affiliates are reporting that a lone russian diplomat who has squatted on the site of this previouslily proposed new russian embassy in canberra has now left. he was spotted last week after the australian government moved to evict russia from the site. he was spotted coming out of a small cabin on the construction site to smoke cigarettes and pick up takeaway food orders. the government didn't quite know what to do with him because he had diplomatic immunity. so a police car was out front, and in the end, they just waited