Kontur http://konturnovosti.com/en_GB Kontur is comprised of a team of editors based in the United States and dozens of freelance reporters and content creators who live around the world. The mission of Kontur is to investigate and amplify stories of major importance that are often overlooked by local and regional media outlets. en-gb images/2026/04/06/55441-white_list_tizer-370_237.jpg Russia's internet crackdown is already live -- four years before its planned deadline Russia activated a white list internet system years ahead of schedule. Experts say the infrastructure was always ready, but the public was just never told. http://konturnovosti.com/r/15yck gc6/features/2026/04/06/feature-01 Mon, 6 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 images/2026/04/03/55430-afp__20220707__32dz66d__v1__highres__polandlithuanianatopoliticsdiplomacydefencesuwa-370_237.jpg Smoke and arrows: A viral map distorting the Baltic threat A map showing Russian attack corridors into the Baltic states went viral, but the graphic was old, the sourcing was fake, and the real threat looks nothing like the arrows. http://konturnovosti.com/r/15y52 gc6/features/2026/04/03/feature-01 Fri, 3 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 images/2026/04/03/55427-afp__20260206__93zd4t3__v1__highres__estoniarussiaukraineconflictpoliticssecuritysoc-370_237.jpg 'Narva People's Republic' and the Kremlin's new hybrid test Leaflets in mailboxes. A fake passport template. A flag for a country that doesn't exist. Russia is probing Estonia, and security experts say we've seen this before. http://konturnovosti.com/r/15y4t gc6/features/2026/04/03/feature-02 Fri, 3 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 images/2026/04/02/55413-afp__20250903__73ak799__v2__highres__russiadailylife-370_237.jpg Moscow tightens the belt as war budget squeezes Russia's wealthiest city Moscow's investment cuts exposed Russia's war economy breaking down. A Middle East oil windfall may delay the reckoning, but analysts say the structural damage is already done. http://konturnovosti.com/r/15xx2 gc6/features/2026/04/02/feature-01 Thu, 2 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 images/2026/04/02/55410-afp__20250509__462p8ru__v1__highres__russiahistorywwiianniversary-370_237.jpg Russia to jail anyone who questions its version of World War II Russia is set to imprison anyone who publicly questions its newly coined 'genocide of the Soviet people.' http://konturnovosti.com/r/15xxk gc6/features/2026/04/02/feature-02 Thu, 2 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 images/2026/04/01/55395-afp__20260327__ukrinform-training260323_nplaz__v1__highres__trainingofdronepilotsfro-370_237.jpg Ukraine is stretching the kill zone and Russia can't keep up Pro-Kremlin military bloggers are openly conceding that Ukrainian drones have disrupted Russian logistics, fractured command systems, and erased months of offensive planning. http://konturnovosti.com/r/15xmq gc6/features/2026/04/01/feature-01 Wed, 1 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 images/2026/04/01/55392-afp__20251212__87wc4g4__v1__highres__russiaukraineconflictdrone-370_237.jpg Bureaucratically blocked: Russia's drone victims are on their own With Ukrainian drones reaching deeper into Russian territory, victims discover their government offers little beyond plastic sheeting and a court battle. http://konturnovosti.com/r/15xn8 gc6/features/2026/04/01/feature-02 Wed, 1 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 images/2026/03/31/55373-afp__20210517__9a64jh__v1__highres__russiapoliticsoppositionnavalnycourt-370_237.jpg Russia records decade-high corruption amid secrecy surge Russia is prosecuting record corruption while making it nearly impossible to track. http://konturnovosti.com/r/15xdt gc6/features/2026/03/31/feature-01 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 images/2026/03/31/55375-afp__20260326__a4tb8g3__v1__highres__russiapoliticsiranus-370_237.jpg How Kremlin's kids earned 10 billion rubles from the war The Kremlin raised interest rates to save the economy. Its officials' children used them to get rich. http://konturnovosti.com/r/15xeb gc6/features/2026/03/31/feature-02 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 images/2026/03/30/55348-orchestra-370_237.jpg Russia's new military bill alarms former Soviet states A single court case against a Russian citizen abroad could now legally trigger a military intervention, and Moscow's neighbors are watching. http://konturnovosti.com/r/15x35 gc6/features/2026/03/30/feature-01 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 images/2026/03/30/55350-shelter-370_237.jpg Kramatorsk: The city that won't break With the front some 20 kilometers (about 15 miles) away and negotiations underway, Kramatorsk remains the last fortified Ukrainian stronghold in Donetsk Region, and its residents refuse to leave. http://konturnovosti.com/r/15x3n gc6/features/2026/03/30/feature-02 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 images/2026/03/27/55327-afp__20250917__widak-polandco250917_npofv__v1__highres__polandcommemorates1939soviet-370_237.jpg Poland opens a legal front against Russia over the Soviet past Warsaw is filing a landmark reparations claim against Moscow, and its architects say it's designed to do something bigger than collect a check. http://konturnovosti.com/r/15wnp gc6/features/2026/03/27/feature-01 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000