Canada adds five Russian defence-sector entities to sanctions list (SOR/2022-98)

Mechanism

SOR/2022-98 is an early round in the same recurring Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations series as the later 2024 (SOR/2024-32) and 2025 (SOR/2025-33, SOR/2025-142/143) amendments already in this register — Canada has used this instrument since 2014 to build out its Russia sanctions list. This round, registered 6 May 2022, less than three months after the full-scale invasion, adds five entities to Schedule 1:

• Zelenodolsk Shipyard JSC — naval shipbuilder
• Military Industrial Company LLC — armoured-vehicle manufacturer
• Rosgvardia — Russian National Guard
• UEC Klimov JSC — aircraft/helicopter engine manufacturer (United

Engine Corporation subsidiary)

• KAMAZ PTC — military-truck and vehicle producer

Per the Gazette regulatory text, the listing targets entities "involved in the defence sector" that "directly or indirectly support" Russia's military operations in Ukraine, imposing Canada's standard dealing/asset-freeze prohibitions on Canadian persons.

Severity basis

Severity is set at 2 (quant basis), anchored on the Gazette's own count: five entities added to Schedule 1 in this amendment — a materially smaller round than the 163-person February 2024 listing (SOR/2024-32, severity 3) already in this register, consistent with a lower severity for a narrower, earlier-war designation round within the same ongoing sanctions series.

Downstream implications

• Extends the same Canadian Schedule-1 designation mechanism used in the

later 2024/2025 rounds already filed in this register; KAMAZ and UEC Klimov are recurring targets across allied (US/EU) sanctions regimes as well.

Open questions

• Whether any of these five entities recur as targets of subsequent

Canadian rounds (would indicate re-designation after evasion attempts, not new coverage).