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List of street names changed around diplomatic mission buildings for political reasons

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This list details situations in which a government hosting a foreign diplomatic mission building (such as an embassy or consulate) has deliberately changed the name of the street adjoining said building (often thereby making the name part of the official street address of the building) with the intent of sending a political message to the foreign government.

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  1. ^ Romina Kuko Deputy Minister of Interior - Government of Albania, Twitter, 2022-03-07
  2. ^ "Albania renames street in capital Tirana as Free Ukraine". Reuters. 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  3. ^ "Ruské velvyslanectví tvrdí, že adresu nezměnilo, ale zrušil mu ji pražský magistrát" [Russian embassy claims it did not change its address, Prague City Council revoked it] (in Czech). Czech Television. 2020-04-19. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  4. ^ "Přejmenovaná ulice Ukrajinských hrdinů v Praze 6 je osazena novými tabulemi" [New signs placed on the renamed street of Heroes of Ukraine in Prague 6] (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  5. ^ E. O'Ballance (4 November 1996). Islamic Fundamentalist Terrorism, 1979-95: The Iranian Connection. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-0-230-37606-9.
  6. ^ "Britain to reopen embassy in Iran on Bobby Sands Street". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  7. ^ "Russian embassy in Riga now will have address of Ukrainian Independence Street | News | LETA". www.leta.lv. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  8. ^ Lithuanian capital to change Russian embassy address to Heroes of Ukraine street, Reuters, 2022-03-03
  9. ^ Kwai, Isabella; Libell, Henrik Pryser; Anderson, Christina (2022-03-10). "'Free Ukraine Street': Russian Embassies Get Pointed New Addresses". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  10. ^ "Около посольства Великобритании в Москве появится площадь "ЛНР"". Радио Свобода. 4 July 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  11. ^ "Посольство Великобритании в Москве отказалось менять адрес". m24.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  12. ^ "US Consulate General in Jeddah relocates". Arab News. 2019-09-22. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  13. ^ "سبب تسمية شارع فلسطين في جدة". الموسوعة السعودية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  14. ^ "Street name of new US embassy building in Ankara changed to 'Malcolm X' - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. 13 October 2018.
  15. ^ Norman Ferguson (1 January 2013). Glasgow Book of Days. History Press. pp. 293–. ISBN 978-0-7524-8910-0.
  16. ^ Lydall, Ross (2023-02-24). "London street to be renamed Kyiv Road to mark first anniversary of invasion". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  17. ^ Washington's Sakharov Plaza: A Message to Russia, Toledo Blade, 27 August 1984. Retrieved May 2013
  18. ^ "Is Washington trolling Russia by honoring a murdered Putin critic?". Newsweek. 7 February 2018.
  19. ^ "Trolling, DC-style: Russian Embassy gets a new street name". AP NEWS. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  20. ^ Franklin, Jonathan (2021-12-08). "D.C. council renames the street in front of the Saudi embassy after Jamal Khashoggi". NPR. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  21. ^ "Cassidy, Durbin to Introduce Bill to Rename Street Near the Russian Ambassador's Residence After Alexei Navalny".