The decision was made by a working group of the city's Anti-Terrorism Commission, according to Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol. The group conducted an "analysis" and concluded that the companies and individuals were assisting the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Defense Ministry.

The property was taken from the Parus instrument-making enterprise, the Crimean electrical engineering plant Saturn, and the companies TBI, Atlantis-LTD, Rosttrade and Rifer.

Among the individuals on the list are Andrei Krivobokov, Yevgeny and Svetlana Kharchenko, Viktor Piskunov and Yelena Vasilenko.

The stated grounds vary. According to Razvozhayev, Parus is linked to "Ukrainian funds financing the Armed Forces of Ukraine."

Saturn's owner, Viktor Rozhmanov, belongs to "pro-Ukrainian groups," publishes material in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and "discrediting" the Russian army, and "maintains contacts with representatives of the Ukrainian regime" through his father, who served in the Ukrainian military, the governor said.

TBI is "effectively" run by Grigory Lutsai, founder of the Ukrainian company Interrybflot, who has publicly stated that his company helps the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Razvozhayev asserts. Rifer's head, Alexander Gerashchenko, holds anti-Russian views and his son serves in the Ukrainian military, according to the authorities.

The individuals had their property seized on the grounds that they allegedly collected money and personally financed "Ukrainian armed formations" and "other activity to the detriment of Russia's security."

Yevgeny and Svetlana Kharchenko are under investigation in a criminal case on charges of high treason and illegal possession of explosives. According to the investigation, they cooperated with Ukrainian intelligence from February 2024 and passed on information about the location of Black Sea Fleet ships and Russian military personnel. The Kharchenkos' whereabouts were not specified.

Razvozhayev described Yelena Vasilenko as the wife of a judge of Kyiv's Sixth Administrative Court of Appeals. He said Viktor Piskunov is the son-in-law of a Main Intelligence Directorate employee who "systematically supplied" him with money received from renting out an apartment. A case over possession of explosives was also opened against Piskunov.

In December, Sevastopol's authorities nationalized the property of 11 companies on the same grounds.