Investigations

Investigation: How EU machinery keeps feeding Russian missile makers
Investigations

Investigation: How EU machinery keeps feeding Russian missile makers

by Alisa Yurchenko

Editor's note: This investigation is a collaboration between The Kyiv Independent (Ukraine), IrpiMedia (Italy) and OCCRP.  The story is also available in German, translated by Krautreporter. Key findings * A Turkish company co-owned by an EU national shipped EU-made equipment to Russian defense plants despite European export restrictions, customs records reveal. * The Russian plants use such equipment to produce metal alloys, later used to make missiles and fighter jets. * Two plants that

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