The Australian government has announced fresh sanctions on 33 Russian “oligarchs” including notable billionaire and Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich. The latest tranche of penalties will cover the heads of Russian state-owned enterprises and the armed forces and follows recent sanctions—numbering around 460—from the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Canada, and New Zealand. Swept up in the Australian sanctions are Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller, Rossiya Chairman Dmitri Lebedev, Rostec Chair Sergey Chemezov, Transneft CEO Nikolay Tokarev, Vnesheconombank Chairman Igor Shuvalov, Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dimitriev, and Abramovich. “The sanctions announced today reinforce Australia’s commitment to sanction those people who have amassed vast personal wealth and are of economic and strategic significance to Russia, including as a result of their connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin,” Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement on March 14. “We will continue to coordinate closely with our partners to …