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Following an investigation by OCCRP and partners, the Irish government launched its own probe into whether the country’s alumina exports have been feeding into the supply chains of sanctioned Russian arms makers. Here is what the leaked report says, what questions remain, and what comes next.

As Europe pours resources into security, innovation, and support for Ukraine, access to critical data may still be in hands of software with Russian roots. Passwork, a password manager licensed by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), is used by organisations linked to the EU public sector.

Ann Ryan’s home looks across an inlet in the Shannon estuary and straight into a geopolitical crisis. From her front window in south-west Ireland, she can see the factory accused of helping supply Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The European Parliament backed a non-binding call to ban alumina exports to Russia, increasing pressure on Ireland and the EU after a collaborative OCCRP investigation linked an Irish refinery’s supply chain to Russian arms manufacturers.

European lawmakers are pressuring the European Commission this week to stop an alumina refinery in Ireland from supplying material used to make Russian weapons deployed in the war on Ukraine.

Companies partly owned by billionaires closely linked to Vladimir Putin continue exporting their products to Western markets without interruption.