Australia expands Russia sanctions with dozens of individuals, entities and vessels
Australia has expanded sanctions targeting Russia, adding dozens of individuals and entities spanning finance, defense, technology and organizations linked to children, alongside 38 vessels targeted under its Russia sanctions regime.
CANBERRA, September 24, 2026 — Australia has significantly expanded its autonomous sanctions against Russia, designating 33 additional individuals, 35 entities and 38 vessels under two instruments registered by the Federal Register of Legislation on Sept. 23. Both instruments take effect the day after registration.
The new individual sanctions cover Russian officials and people associated with organizations involved in youth education and military-patriotic training, officials at Penal Colony No. 10, business executives, defense industry figures and others. They include Sergey Mendeleev, identified in the instrument as a founder and co-owner of cryptocurrency exchange Garantex and co-founder of its successors, and Mikhail Zvinchuk, identified as founder of Rybar LLC and a military blogger associated with the Rybar Telegram channel.
The entity designations include Russian youth and educational organizations such as the International Children’s Centre Artek, the Movement of the First and the WARRIOR Centre, as well as companies and financial institutions. The financial-sector additions include Tochka Bank, Post Bank, Lanta Bank, Sinara Bank, Avers Bank, Absolut Bank, Transkapitalbank, AK Bars Bank and Vyatich.
Non-Russian entities are also included, among them Singapore-based Alt Capital and Metaflare, Luxembourg-based Altair Holding and Georgia-based Rapira. Defense-sector additions include the Imperial Tula Arms Plant, Military Industrial Company, Arzamas Machine-Building Plant and several other Russian manufacturers.
Separately, Foreign Minister Penny Wong designated 38 additional vessels under Australia’s Russia vessel sanctions framework. The additions include Shturman Malygin, Shturman Ovtsyn, Sirius 1, Omsk, Jupiter, Pegasus, RN Sakhalin, Beluga, Tyumen, Vasily Dinkov and Mikhail Lazarev. The instrument also removes one existing vessel entry and corrects IMO numbers for two vessels.
The measures were signed by Wong on Sept. 18 and form part of Australia’s autonomous sanctions framework concerning Russia and Ukraine.
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