Canada broadens Russia sanctions, designates individuals, companies, vessels and exchanges

OTTAWA, June 16, 2026 — Canada amended its Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations on Tuesday, widening restrictions against Russia with new listings covering individuals, companies and ships, and making a series of technical changes to existing import and export control schedules. The measures apply before publication and take effect on the day they are registered, according to the regulation.

The amendment adds seven individuals to Part 1 of Schedule 1, including Andrey Valeryevich Rozhdestvin, Olga Mikhailovna Sokolova, Alexey Viktorovich Chadayev and Yuri Vaganov, also known as Yura Unitaz. It also adds 34 entities to Part 2, including Rosatom Energy Projects JSC, Moscow Exchange, SPB Exchange, Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange, several insurers and maritime firms, and a cluster of companies tied to unmanned systems and related technologies.

Among the newly listed entities are RBS Garpiya LLC, Autonomous Technologies LLC, Rustakt LLC, Atlant Aero LLC, ANO NPC Ushkuynik and other firms that appear linked to drone development, operations or support activity. Canada also listed financial market infrastructure and banking targets such as Moscow Exchange, National Mercantile Exchange, Eastern Exchange, Absolut Bank JSC and Zemsky Bank LLC, widening pressure on Russian financial channels.

Canada further amended Schedule 1.1 by adding 100 vessels, with the new entries running from item 611 through item 710. The ships include crude oil tankers, LNG tankers, product tankers, general cargo ships, bulk carriers, container ships and offshore supply vessels, indicating continued pressure on maritime transport and suspected sanctions-evasion networks tied to Russian trade and energy revenues.

The regulation also updates multiple goods schedules, including sections covering luxury goods, industrial goods, chemicals, metals, diamonds and revenue-generating goods, suggesting Ottawa is refining existing trade bans alongside the new asset-freeze designations. Canada says its sanctions are imposed under the Special Economic Measures Act, and the consolidated autonomous sanctions list was also updated on June 16, 2026.