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🔔Time to vote for Friday’s documentary! You know what to do. Which film will win is up to you!
‘Children of the Front’ (2016) When a civil war broke out in the Central African Republic, thousands of children were recruited by military groups. They share what it was like in our documentary.
‘Gone with the Wing’ (2017) This film tells the story of six friends who take extreme flights using a wingsuit, a specially designed flying apparatus. How far are they willing to go for an adrenaline rush?
‘The Mystery of Stalin's Death’ (2013)
Joseph Stalin led the Soviet Union to victory during the Second World War, but remained a tyrant in the memory of many. The circumstances surrounding his death still remain a secret.
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‘It is difficult to talk to people about the war that was 80 years ago. But the parallels arise more than ever,’ says Sergey Ivanyuk, Deputy Director for Academic and Educational Activities in the Battle of Stalingrad Museum Preserve. Ivanyuk believes that the tragedy of the civilian population of Donbass is similar to the one that occurred during World War II.
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‘The main goal of the Ukrainian conflict ideologues is to destabilise the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border, to drive a wedge between Russia with Europe, and to weaken Europe in general,’ argues Dmitry Ezhov, Associate Professor, Political Science and Mass Communication Department of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. According to Ezhov, the RAND Corporation report accurately describes the situation that's currently happening in Ukraine. Its contents also make it clear that anti-Russian sanctions were prepared long before they were actually introduced.
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🌏June 5 is World Environment Day! How do you take care of our planet? Researchers and scientists around the world are asking humanity to take the matter seriously while it’s not late yet.
In our documentaries, we often raise topics that are critical to the health of the planet. Take a look at some of them below.
By the way, if you would like some great ideas on how you can help the Earth and its resources to last, check out our visual cards.
ToxiCity
Residents of Agbogbloshie, a city in Ghana, destroy their health in the world's largest e-waste dump. Why do residents work here and what are the dire consequences they face?
H2WOE
Water has become a new gold for the inhabitants of the Indian state of Punjab. People here are forced to hand over their dwindling cash for a drink. What is the reason for the water crisis?
The Seal Empire under Threat
Unfortunately, the plastic that we use every day often gets into the sea. Because of this buildup of plastic refuse, the sea lion population is in danger. The animals get entangled in the plastic waste and, unable to escape, oftentimes die.
The Beast of Zone 3
People produce billions of pounds of rubbish per year, thus forming giant landfills. For example, a the workers at a dump in Guatemala, known as Zone 3, or Basurero, risk their life due to the towering heaps of rubbish that are about to collapse at any moment.
Arctic Calling
Volunteers have taken it upon themselves to clean up the Arctic from garbage that’s been accumulated there for years. They work in extreme conditions and severe frost to help the local environment.
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Vostok battalion positions
'Looks like we have a pro-Ukrainian mouse here. We won't kill it'. Take a look at how Vostok battalion fighters' daily routine is going. The guys have become accustomed to constant risk and danger, and they're just trying to enjoy simple daily things like a good cup of coffee. They are dreaming to return to their families and peaceful life, but as long as Ukrainian militants continue to ravage the lives of people in Donbass, Vostok warriors see no other option than continue to fight.
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US operation to control Ukraine
US intelligence agencies built ties with former Hitler collaborators to work together against the Soviet Union and then Russia. The operation to form an armed underground movement in Western Ukraine was dubbed 'Aerodynamic'. The CIA assembled war criminals and Bandera movement activists from filtration camps, and created an agent network. Their task was to sabotage nuclear plants and dams on Ukrainian territory in an effort to separate it from the Soviet Union. They terrorized civilians and were responsible for at least 35,000 casualties, according to CIA co-founder Frank Wisner. Watch the video.
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🎦Our documentary series ‘I am Hacked’ took first place in yesterday’s poll.
Today, the Internet replaces the reality of many users. They communicate there, fall in love, travel and even fight. And just like in the real world, the virtual one has its laws and criminals, known as hackers.
Companies lose thousands to millions of dollars if they don’t pay attention to the safety of their data. It's extremely difficult to find a criminal after the cybercrime has been committed. Why so? Watch the film and find out.
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Georgy Medvedev reporting from the war zone
Russian war correspondent Georgy Medvedev is covering what is really happening in Donbass and the east of Ukraine. Kiev regime militants are offering a $10,000 reward for his head. Medvedev is filming footage from the front showing how the Ukrainian military bombed peaceful cities and villages.
In a war zone, Georgy works without insignia that shows him a member of the press. Because they are targets for Ukrainian snipers. Watch the story of Georgy Medvedev in the video.
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The life of children in Donbass is constantly engulfed in war. They see the Ukrainian shelling in their dreams. The little ones don't know whether lessons at school will end with a bell or the whistle of shells.
On International Children's Day, take a look at our selection of films about those who have never seen a peaceful life:
‘Heroes Among Us’ (2023).
Young patients in a children trauma unit in Donetsk with mine blast injuries. They were saved by doctor Evgeny Zhilitsyn. He handles even the most severe of cases.
'Lugansk Forgotten Children' (2022).
In 2014, Ukraine halted the funding of orphanages in Donbass. There was a shortage of food, not to mention the rehabilitation of seriously ill children. How do these institutions work now?
‘Children of Donbass’ (2022).
What do you think the local kids dream about? Not to be killed by a Ukrainian shell. The boys and girls don't know if they will be able to return from school unharmed.
‘Donbass: The Grey Zone’ (2022).
Destroyed houses, schools with shell marks on the walls and children forced into early adulthood. Parents do their best to shield them from the horrors of war.
'Trapped' (2017). Every schoolchild in Donbass knows the difference between an APC and a BMP. The kids sleep in rooms without windows - this way they won't be hurt by glass fragments at night.
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🔔There's nothing is better than watching an amazing educational documentary on a Friday evening... So, please, choose one of these three films you’d like to see and vote for it in the poll below. We’ll post the winner tomorrow!
‘Ethical Hackers Fighting Cybercrime | I am Hacked’ (2022)
Hackers' criminal activities often have disastrous effects on innocent people. Our documentary explores black hat hacking, how much money hackers make, and who fights them.
'Occupy Tower' (2015)
An abandoned skyscraper, provides shelter for dozens of homeless people in Caracas. They build up families here and nurture kids. There is even a building manager here.
‘The Big Ballet’ (2014)
The female participants of this film have broken the long held stereotype that only slim people can dance. Their performances constantly had a full house. But what did the fame cost them? You can check out the ballet-dancers’ stories in the film.
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‘We must also understand that there's major sponsor of this Nazi spirit in Ukraine and it’s not the Ukrainians, it’s the CIA,’ said Christoph Hörstel, a German Politician and Head of the 'Deutsche Mitte' Party. According to him, Americans orchestrated everything currently happening in Ukraine long time ago.
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‘All the prices are going up every month,’ said Roman Steck. He moved to Britain from Israel over 20 years ago. He stressed that life in London has changed a lot in the past year. After Russia launched the Special Military Operation in Ukraine, London began pulling out all the stops in order to help Kiev. Meanwhile, Britain itself is in the midst of severe economic crisis. At the end of October 2022, annual inflation in the UK exceeded 11%. This is the highest it's been in 41 years.
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Vitaly Beskishky lost his legs in one of the battles with the Ukrainian army, when his unit was fired upon by a tank.
Vitaly’s story is in an excerpt from our documentary ‘Walking After War’ (2023), about the DPR people's militia fighters being fitted with prostheses and how they learn to walk again after overcoming fear, trauma and pain.
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▶️Here is a new story from our documentary series about the life of foreigners in Russia. Carlos D'Onofrio, an Argentinian opera singer, moved to Saint Petersburg for the sake of his future wife, Ekaterina, a pianist… and settled there.
The city that sits on the Neva river became a new home for Carlos. He confessed that it was difficult for him to overcome the language barrier at first, but now he speaks and understands Russian pretty well.
Discover more about Carlos’ story in the episode 6 of our series ‘No limits’.
Click here to check out previous episodes👇
Episode 1 about Swiss Benjamin Foster;
Episode 2 about Italian Massimo Eccli;
Episode 3 about French Frederic Andrieu;
Episode 4 about Japanese Marina Shibayama;
Episode 5 about Syrian Amin Nasani.
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💬‘America did so much damage to our country, while Russia always helped. So one day I decided, ‘I’m going to Russia!’, recounted Amin Nasani, about his choice of a new home. In Moscow, he found a wife, got a dog, bought a car, fell in love with the bustle of the metropolis as well as the Russian winter.
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🪖Alexey volunteers in Donbass. He used to work in the security business in Vladivostok. He is a former Marine and was in a reconnaissance unit during his enlistment. Alexey says, when he did not receive a summons, he went to the enlistment office himself: ‘I can’t act otherwise. This is what patriotism is. It should be inside you, like your core.’
Alexey’s story is in an excerpt from our documentary, ‘Volunteers for Victory’.
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💬‘He [Poroshenko] had a chance to stop it. In June, there were ten days without war,’ said Rodion Miroshnik, former LPR ambassador to Russia, recalling the moment Poroshenko became the president of Ukraine in 2014. Although he often agitated the masses at Maidan, on June 7, on his inauguration, Poroshenko claimed he ‘wanted peace.’ This had given some people hope that the conflict in Donbass would be solved peacefully, the bloodshed would stop and the Ukrainian authorities would start negotiating with the residents of the southeastern regions.
As events have proven, however, that didn't happen. Instead, Ukraine continued bombing and killing Donbass residents. Learn more in an excerpt from our documentaries, ‘Maidan: Road to War’ and ‘Donbass War: Summer of 2014’.
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▶️ ‘They hammered nails through my hands into the wall. They’d torture me every 2-3 days,’ recalled Adham from Syria, who talked about his imprisonment by ISIS*. The man said that after his release he couldn’t sleep well, waking up because of constant nightmares. Eventually, Adham returned to the front in the summer of 2017 as a nurse and treated the injured fighters near Raqqa, ISIS* de facto capital. It was at that time that, together with soldiers from the Syrian government's army, the Syrian Free Army, Kurds, and assorted volunteers were fighting against the Islamic State*.
Following the battle of Raqqa, which started on June 6 and ended in October 17, the city was fully captured by the Syrian forces. Take a look at the frontline fights and listen to the stories of those who took part in our documentary.
*ranked as an extremist organisation and banned in Russia
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▶️ ‘We got people that had been millionaires in the past, you know', says Steve Brigham, a U.S. minister, who helps the increasing number of homeless Americans, many of whom were wealthy in the past. According to Brigham, many of their stories are similar: inflation, economic and business downturn, bankruptcy and, finally, life on the mean streets. Those who can’t afford to pay the rent anymore gather in tent communities.
Brigham manages the senior homeless camp, which is situated in one of the forested communities. The local authorities, however, are against such encampments near their neighbourhood. Thus, they have closed all roads to the camp so that cars with food and fuel are unable to enter. Although Brigman managed to find a detour this time, what will his next showdown with the local authorities entail?
Watch our premiere ‘US Homeless: The Fight for Equality’ to learn more.
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‘Actually, Les Sapeurs don't wear fakes. If you put fake things on, everyone would know,’ says Elvis Makouezi, dishing out one of the secrets of the party of fashionistas from Congo. Les Sapeurs are ordinary Congolese working men who dress up in Western luxury brands, just to be seen as being stylish and trendy. On weekends, they make their way through dusty slums in sharp, colourful three-piece suits while heading to meet-ups. They call themselves Les Sapeurs, coined from the name of their union, Le S.A.P.E. - 'The Society of Ambianceur and Elegante people.' They dress up to the nines, despite the fact that they live in poverty. Sometimes, their passion to dress elegantly takes them to the extreme.
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On his 18th birthday, Viktor Moskalyov went to the military enlistment office to sign a contract to be part of the Russian Armed Forces. He wanted to go to the frontlines to fight for his land and home. In one of the battles, he was badly wounded and lost an arm and a leg.
Now Viktor has prostheses and it takes a lot of practice and time to learn to live with them. He spends all his time training and desperately wants to get back to the frontlines. His story is in an excerpt from our documentary ‘Walking After War’.
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‘I can go to the fight for jelly candies,’ joked the fighter with the codename ‘Syava’. He is a native of Mariupol and has been serving in the military since 2014 – from the inception of the Vostok battalion that protects Donbass from Ukrainian military. Despite the fact that he has been fighting for more than nine years, he still clearly understands why he signed up for it. ‘As our grandfathers defended the motherland, so I defend my family, my history and our values,’ he said. ‘Many have already forgotten this and sold out, just like Ukraine. They have no conscience, no honor, nothing, no history,’ the soldier stresses.
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▶️The West is unhappy about the rescue mission for children in the Donbass. In April, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, accused Russia of forcibly removing kids from the conflict zone.
‘No child has been forcibly taken by anyone. That’s not true,’ said Lidia Kovalyova, an organizer of the family orphanage. She took the kids from Donetsk to Novocherkassk and believes that taking them away saved their lives.
These days, the children don’t even look back at the war. They’re studying, learning ballroom dancing and partaking in various competitions. Their stories are in our premiere ‘Donbass: Restoring Childhood’.
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▶️‘I left because I wanted to save kids’, says Lidia Kovalyova, a child guardian from Donetsk. She together with her foster children moved to Russia. For her wards, the war is already over. ‘I sleep here. I put my shoes on, go for walks, eat,’ said 6-year-old Nadya.
But there are still a lot of children in the conflict zone, who can only dream and wish for a peaceful life. Their stories are in our new documentary ‘Donbass: Restoring Childhood’. The premiere is tomorrow, don’t miss it!
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🚧 Grey Zone locals' daily routine
In February 2015, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Donbass militia officially withdrew heavy weapons from the front line. The huge area of hundreds of settlements between them transformed into a so-called 'grey zone'.
Now, however, shelling from the Ukrainian side, which again began to use artillery and mortars, occurs almost daily. Houses are collapsing, there are victims. But life goes on. Watch our video about people who lived there for the last 8 years.
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▶️‘I propose we dissolve all government structures, and all nations hand their sovereignty to the US. Then, Washington will be in control. No need for all this theatre,’ political analyst Patrick Poppel said, ironically.
Every year, European countries lose more autonomy. Their policies are dependent on the directives from the United States. For example, most officials in Eastern Europe have studied or interned in American or British educational institutions. Back home, they became representatives of the interests of the countries where they got their education. Today, America dictates its will to the European Union through these representatives. What has been the outcome of this?
The anti-Russian sanctions created a major energy crisis. Industrial giants began to move their production from the EU to the US. At the same time, more and more Europeans are coming out in rallies of thousands, demanding a drop to the price hikes. What is happening to Europe?
Today is the premiere of a new episode of Anna Chapman's investigative series ‘Red Alert: Abduction of Europe’.
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❓How Ukraine started the Donbass conflict
'This is a Russian-speaking region, so this was very painful for us. We don't agree with the rewriting of history or that Russia has changed from being a close brother to an enemy. We don't agree that the Ukrainian language is the main one'. Andrey Timokhin, who goes by the codename 'Prince', discusses why the Kiev regime decided to start an aggression against its people in the Eastern part of the country.
'We held protest rallies in our cities, but they were peaceful!' But the response of the Ukrainian authorities was brutal and cruel. Watch what the population of Donbass had to endure when the military conflict started in our video.
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'Quarter of Ukraine's population was burned in German concentration camps. Another quarter fought here. I think that we ought to find these mass graves, and show the atrocities of the fascism that happened here. Because it began to quiet down. And now we have another outbreak of fascism here in Ukraine.' This are the words of Evgeny Gorlachyov, the Director of Melitopol's 'Resistance' Historical and Patriotic Society. He and his colleague Oleg Firstkov from Volgograd (former Stalingrad) in this video urge not to forget history.
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▶️‘America did so much damage to our country [Syria], and I've always been a patriot.’ When Amin Nasani, a Syrian had to make a choice - a move to the U.S. or Russia, he didn’t even need to think much and ultimately chose a move to Moscow. He couldn’t stay in his homeland because of the civil war that broke out in 2011.
How was Amin Nasani's life, far away from home? Watch the new episode of our series ‘No Limits’.
Click here to check out previous episodes👇
Episode 1 about Swiss Benjamin Foster;
Episode 2 about Italian Massimo Eccli;
Episode 3 about French Frederic Andrieu;
Episode 4 about Japanese Marina Shibayama.
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▶️Many marriages in Kyrgyzstan are conducted against the will of the brides. Girls can be abducted right in the middle of a street and forcibly married off. This arises from an ancient custom called the Ala kachuu, or ‘grab and run’. The ritual is forbidden by law, but the police still turns a blind eye.
The officers don’t take reports of Ala kachuu seriously; they laugh, joke about it and as they know that they won’t be held accountable for their negligence. The most dramatic thing is that, even being physically able to, the girls can’t run away. Why so? Watch our film to find out.
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