I read a journalistic investigation about European companies with management connected to Russia's special services that legally work in EU ports and with other strategic objects.

Ekohidrotechnika group and its many local companies are legally European but their leaders are from Russia and are connected to Putin's inner circle, the FSB and other Russian services.

This poses a great danger to the EU - for example, if such a company does dredging works in EU ports, it will have the perfect opportunity to collect detailed data on the underwater infrastructure of these ports (maps, depths, cables, pipelines etc).

Ships belonging to such companies might be carrying spies, carry monitoring equipment, launch drones and carry out other acts of sabotage.

The amount of incidents, sabotage and other harmful activity in the EU has increased recently. Companies like these are a greatly contributing factor, and the danger is underestimated.

Here is the link to the whole investigation (it's in Ukrainian but can be auto-translated in the browser): https://investigator.org.ua/ua/investigations/279708/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOAEDZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMUU44OURqYlplTmtZdDl2c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqN4Lg7wn5ARodnEO5SzzP30QBKvjOWXLBdtOuFluoEmy34IMrN4kbc8TtL3_aem_bzOtq3KKgblnYQp504UAlQ
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1988258246444859799?s=20