[the_watcher]

I'm not 100% sure on how diplomatic immunity works here, but couldn't Russia send a diplomat in an official vehicle to the Ecuadorian embassy to pick Assange up? I think official vehicles get the same diplomatic protections of an embassy, so as long as he enters and exits the car inside embassy walls, he should be ok, right? Or does diplomatic immunity end entirely at the embassy walls?

[bcOpus]

The Russian diplomat would have immunity, the car is not a magic “immunity” force bubble for the occupants. Unless they grind him up and stick his remains in a diplomatic pouch, he’s gettable outside of an embassy. Diplomatic immunity doesn’t mean the police can’t pull you over and search you, it just means the diplomats in question can’t face criminal penalties as a result of what’s found.

[erichurkman]

Is there a limitation to what counts as a "diplomatic pouch"? According to the Wikipedia article, even shipping containers have been used before [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_bag#Noteworthy_ship...

[rsync]

"... the car is not a magic “immunity” force bubble ..."

No, but a diplomatic packet is.

Just saying.

[ascorbic]

It's the other way around. Diplomatic vehicles do provide the same protection as an embassy. A diplomatic bag, however, does not cover people, so if he was found to be inside one he could be arrested.

[donohoe]

Nope. They couldn't.

[cheeze]

Care to elaborate here?