Christopher McHugh / Damien Schumann, Australia (35) defeated Oleg Stoyanovskiy / Artem Yarzutkin, Russia (14) 2-0 (21-19, 23-21).
It was the first FIVB World Tour meeting between the two teams.
In Pool K, Australia is 1-0 and Russia is 0-1. Also in Pool K, Italy's Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai is 1-0 and Abubakarr Kamara / Lombie Patrick of Sierra Leone is 0-1.
Up next for Australia is Italy while Russia plays Sierra Leone. Both matches are Monday, 31 July.