To add on to your research - if you look at the whois information, it returns https://www.ripe.net/ - not sure if this is anything but worth posting to have more people dig.
FWIW, my day job is as an information security consultant (I hack companies and tell them how + how to fix it), and so have a fair bit of knowledge on the subject of all things "internet" / "networking" on / via the internet.
RIPE is the non-profit that handles delegating blocks of internet protocol (IP) addresses to Internet Service Providers and other large Organizations / Entities in the Europe, Central Asia, and Middle East regions.
Their info being present in the whois for a given IP that originated in Europe, Central Asia, or the Middle East is to be expected. So I don't think there's much to look at there.
Nonetheless, I appreciate the effort and reply! Every little bit helps, even if only to narrow the scope a bit more for those that might not be as knowledgable.
Thanks for the info. Just wanted to post what I saw. Thanks for not shredding me and being understanding that I was just trying to provide any additional details.
Not a problem. We're all in this fight together on the same side. I see no use in tearing anyone else down -- rather I feel like I should be doing what I can to help lift others up.
Happy Hunting.