‘Badge of honour’: Erin Molan joins list of Australians on Russia’s ‘stop list’

A popular TV host, a former government minister and others have been named on the latest Kremlin stop list banning Australians entry.

Sky News host Erin Molan has landed on the latest Russian government “stop list”, which bans specified people from entering Russia.

The Daily Telegraph columnist joins 131 Australians on the ever-growing list, including NSW Corrections Minister Anoulack Chanthivong and former Liberal defence minister Christopher Pyne.

“This is a new honour bestowed upon me, a badge of honour if you will,” Molan told Confidential.

“Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine is abhorrent and I will always speak up for those in Ukraine in this unjust war.”

Asked about his entry on the “stop” list, Mr Pyne said: “It’s a red letter day when you are black banned for loving liberty over tyranny.”

Erin Molan says the ban is a badge of honour. Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Others named include Australian Defence Force members, weapons manufacturing company staff, journalists and public servants.

Released by the Russian Foreign Ministry this week, the document declared those on the list as having been identified as “anti-Russian citizens of Australia” who would face “personal sanctions”.

“Considering that official Canberra does not intends to abandon anti-Russian course and continues to introduce new ones sanctions measures, work on updating the Russian stop list will continue,” the English translation of the document declared.

The list is the latest in a series the Russian government has released since Australia imposed sanctions on Moscow after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Christopher Pyne is also on the list.

Last April, the list included former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and Animal Justice Party MP Georgia Purcell.

In June, more names were added, including former prime ministers Tony Abbott and John Howard.

Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading Anoulack Chanthivong is among the some 130 other Australians on the list. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Molan’s entry is hardly surprising given her strong statements against Russia since its invasion of Ukraine.

When the June list was released, Molan – who has described the war between Russia and Ukraine as no better example of “good vs evil” – took to the airways to “congratulate Howard and Abbott” for making the cut.

“For what you might ask? Condemning an illegal invasion of a sovereign state? Absolutely,” Ms Molan said on Sky.

“I can only praise their inclusion and hope many more Australians are bestowed a similar honour.”

Given her ongoing commentary, it is surprising it took the Kremlin this long to add Molan to its list.

Here is the latest full Kremlin stop list:

Ken Anderson

Costigan Gabrielle Anne

Kateryna Argyrou

Clint Baird

Michael Barton

James Bennett

Andrew Bertoncin

Stephan Beyer

Nick Birbilis

David Black

Uwe Boettcher

Col Blanch

Anton Bogdanovych

Nikki Boyd

Geoff Brown

Matt Burnett

Deb Butterworth

Damien Cahill

Steve Camilleri

Anoulack Chanthivong

Craig Chittick

Dana Cleary

Ralf Clifton

Ian Cook

Bill Costello

Jason Cummings

Clive Cuthell

Jason Dawson

David Dennison

Mark Donaldson

Blair Drinkwater

Alan Dupont

Michael Edwards

Christopher Ellis

Jeremy Evain

Michael Ewing

David Feeney

Kim Felmingham

Jeremy Fernandez

Alexander Finnis

Matthew Flint

Jane Gillis

Fiona Grasby

Andrew Greene

Ben Greene

Alexander Gosling

Simon Hack

Allison Harriden

Ben Harrison

Andrew Hartmann

Kimberley Healy

Marcus Hellyer

Lauren Henschke

Adrian Hicks

Ben Hissink

Garry Hounsell

Daniel Hutchinson

Rachel Huxley

Alf Ianniello

Kevin Illsley

Liz Johnson

Matthew Jones

Dominic Kelly

Meghan Kelly

Byron Kennedy

Tom Kenyon

Philip Kimpton

David Knox

Adam Lewis

Jo Leong

Katy Lin

Kate Lundy

Maria Macnamara

Darin MacDonald

Iain Martin

Andrea Metcalf

Ilona Meyer

Adelaide McDonald

Jim McDowell

Grant McFarlane

George McGuire

David McPherson

Erin Molan

Peter Moran

Stewart Muller

Beau Mulraney

Michael Murphy

Anthony Nagle

Robert Nicholson

Robert Nioa

Patrick O’Brien

Chris Oldfield

Julie Owens

Paul Papalia

Kerrie Parker

Lincoln Parker

Andrew Pepper

Robert Potter

Christopher Pyne

Nicholas Reece

Brett Reddy

Travis Reddy

David Robinson

Josh Roose

Peter Rowland

Brad Royce

Richard Sadleir

Christopher Saville

Kingsley Scarce

Kean Selway

Tom Seymour

Andrew Shiels

Kerri Lee Sinclair

Mark Smethurst

Lucia Stein

Edwina Stevens

Mark Stevens

Alex Stevenson

Paul Stewart

Larissa Strong

William Stoltz

Mitchell Thomas

Aaron Thompson

Calvin Timms

David Titheridge

Jane Trenery

Ross Upton

Nicholas Walczak

Lisa Webber

Andrea Wolfert

Marjolijn Woods

Originally published as ‘Badge of honour’: Erin Molan joins list of Australians on Russia’s ‘stop list’