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🔔Time to choose Friday's documentary! Vote for one of these in our poll. We'll post the winning film tomorrow.
🔘Black Lives: Illusion (2019) looks at some African Americans' stories and what’s keeping them in the poverty trap. One of the subjects, James has a young daughter. He earns money selling drugs on the street, but still hopes for the better future for them both, or at least for her.
🔘The Secrets of Tibetan Architecture (2021) talks about a very distinctive architectural style, moulded by Tibet's climate and Buddhist spirituality. You'll see the huge Potala Palace - a whole city with countless passages, tunnels, staircases and halls, also the Jokhang monastery and the old town.
🔘Erick’s List: Trains (2021). Railways remain vital for Russia's freight and passenger transportation. Take a look at all amazing different kinds of trains cruising across the nation - from the vintage ones to some of the most modern railway means.
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💬 ‘I want to help. I do it purely of my own volition,’ says Anya, a young volunteer at the ‘Food for Life’ charity. The girl helps to bake bread which is then distributed to Donbass residents.
The Ukrainian army bombed Anya's house to the ground. The intense selling seriously injured the girl's dad and gave her hearing damage.
Anya inspires the 'Food for Life' charity's founder and other volunteers a lot. See her story in our excerpt and the full film 'Young Hope of Donbass'.
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▶️The heroes of the new film 'Together We Stand' help civilians in Donbass to survive. Thousands of volunteers bring humanitarian aid to the war zone.
'I went to Donbass to avoid being tormented by conscience for the ongoing. After the first trip, I realized that these people simply can't live without us,' says Vadim Khomich, founder of the NGO 'Russky Mir’.
Supporters of the Kiev regime wish the volunteers dead, throwing threats and curses at them. But as long as there are those for whom their support is vital, the volunteers will not give up their work. About the self-sacrificing work of heroes at the rear - watch the premiere of 'Together We Stand'.
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▶️‘They [psychiatrists] failed with conventional medicine, such as Diazepam and regarded all this as mass hysteria,’ Nicaraguan healer Florencia Levi explains how difficult it is to treat girls with a mysterious mental disorder. In the northwest young girls were suddenly afflicted by “crazy sickness” or “Grisi siknis” in the local dialect. They suffer from seizures: the girls become enraged, bend their bodies, scream, try to mutilate themselves and show superhuman strength in fighting off anyone who tries to hold them down.
Watch our documentary 'Grisi Siknis' to learn more about mysterious mental health phenomena.
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The Ukrainian army destroyed little Sasha’s house in LPR, but the family miraculously survived. After that the boy promised to help others any way he can. Despite his young age - Sasha studies at primary school - he joined a volunteering project that supplies Donbass residents with hot meals daily.
Listen to what the little boy had to endure in our video and documentary, ‘Young Hope of Donbass’.
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‘We had sex at midnight, morning hours. She gave me money which I spent on my family. I was 20 years old,’ says Ali Salim, a native of Kenya. The man had an affair with a German woman though he was already married and had children. He says his wife was well aware of the relations but wasn't jealous - she understood it’s the only way to survive and keep their children fed.
Poverty and a lack of jobs drive young men in Kenya to work as gigolos for older European women. It’s almost impossible to find any other job here, so men, even those who are underage, go to the beach in search of clients.
The stories of Ali Salim and other young men appear in our documentary, 'Kenya Sexploited' (2022). We are posting it to mark the International Day of No Prostitution.
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🍱Russian travellers Gennady and Nikita came to the Chinese city of Guangzhou to sample the local cuisine. They decided to eat something that an ordinary foreigner would definitely not eat. But since the friends agreed in advance to order each other's dishes, just for fun, their experience turned out to be very funny. Watch the video to learn more about Chinese cuisine and culture.
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▶️Nigeria’s Boko Haram* is one of the world’s deadliest terrorist groups. Its members have sworn allegiance to Islamic State*.
For centuries, locals hunted elephants, lions and antelope. But since radical Boko Haram gained strength in the country, the Nigerian hunters have declared war on religious fanatics. Today, men and women help the Nigerian army rid the country of terrorism. Watch our documentary 'Hunting Boko Haram' (2018), to mark this Independence Day in Nigeria.
*recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned in Russia
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🇷🇺Today is a historic day! Reunited Russia is celebrating the joining of the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
The inhabitants of these regions have for years single-handedly and courageously defended their right to speak their native language, learn their history, and practise their faith and culture. And now we are fighting for the freedom of Donbass together.
The history of the struggle and reunification appears in our documentaries:
🟢‘Lugansk: Road to Independence 2022-2014’ (2022)
Since 2014, peaceful people in the Lugansk People's Republic have been shelled by the Ukrainian army. Simple residents, many of whom had never held weapons in their hands, stood up in defence of the region.
🟢‘Donbass: I'm Alive!’ (2022)
Spring 2022, the Battle of Mariupol. Only people who were not allowed to leave by the Ukrainian military remained in the city. The films tells the stories of those who survived the daily bombardment.
🟢‘Donbass War: Airport.’ Parts I and II (2022)
Some of the bloodiest battles in 2014 were fought over Donetsk air harbour. It is located within the city limits, and Kiev wanted to keep this point for itself by any means. The Ukrainian militarymen used the airport to shell residential buildings.
🟢‘Donbass: The Grey Zone’ (2022)
Destroyed flats, schools with shell marks in the wall and grown up children. They got used to the whistle of shells long ago.
🟢‘Donbass War: Summer 2014’ (2022)
A documentary that tells how it all began. In 2014, the DPR and LPR did not accept the coup d'état in Kiev. In response, Ukrainian authorities sent the army to these regions. The shelling of peaceful towns and villages began.
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'The Virgins' received the most votes from our subscribers in Thursday's poll.
The documentary follows 'burrneshas' - Albanian girls who took over the duties of the head of the family after the death of the breadwinner. They gave up their feminine happiness: they don't marry, don't have children and remain virgins.
Do they regret scarifying their dreams?
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▶️You'd be surprised how much information a typical search engine has on you. The digital footprint - the tracking of user behaviour by services - gives us many advantages, making it easier to find the data and services we need—but it also takes away privacy and, to some extent, security.
Having data about a specific person opens up a wide range of possibilities. Who can use this information and how? You'll find out in 'Total Digital Control – Who Benefits? ', an episode of the 'I am Hacked' series.
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💬‘What gives meaning to my life is to defend my Motherland, my home,’ says Ivan Dodosov, tank battalion commander and Hero of Russia. He takes part in the Special Military Operation in Donbass.
Ivan’s ingenuity as a commander helped his unit win several battles with the Ukrainian military. The Russian Hero story is in the first episode of our new series ‘Here and Now’. Stay tuned not to miss it! The premiere is tomorrow.
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French rule in Mali and Niger, and Belgian rule in Congo have brought only harm and trouble to the people. Now these countries want nothing to do with their former overlords. However, the European states don’t agree, and are trying to exploit more of the vast African natural resources. Will African states be able to stand against their colonisers and preserve their riches for themselves?
▶️Stay tuned to find out in our premiere, ‘Red Alert: Last Battle for Africa’.
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Horses and international relations: what is common? Tamerlan Bogatyrev from Kazakhstan successfully combines both. He is an international equestrian specialist and operates in 11 countries. But he lives and works in Moscow.
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‘In Colombia, it’s always the women who have to suffer in war. The army raped us, guerillas raped us, and other militarised groups came, and they did the same. We’re an easy target’, says Maritza. Seven armed men raped her 16-year-old daughter.
The Civil War in Colombia began in 1964 and continues today. All these years, women and children have been crime victims. To defend themselves, Colombian women built an entire city. Lern more in our documentary 'Women Built This City'.
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🤼♀️Female wrestlers in bright skirts, braids and bowler hats, throwing each other over their heads and mimicking fights. Such spectacular lucha libre shows are very popular in Bolivia. Despite the fact that the performances are pre-planned, the women in the ring do receive real injuries.
As a rule, girls from poor Indian tribes perform in the lucha libre. These staged fights are a way to earn a living for their families. On National Bolivian Women’s Day, watch our film The Good, The Bad and the Loco (2017) about the performers' lives.
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💬 ‘I’ve always had curiosity—why they’re homeless, what made them have to live on the street,’ says Linda Brown. Together with her husband David, they formed ‘Eden Village’ - a community for the homeless people in Missouri, USA.
Over half a million Americans have no home and millions more are ‘a paycheck away’ from becoming homeless. Addiction, disability, mental health problems—a multitude of things can deprive a person of home. That's what happened to the residents of Eden village.
See their heartbreaking stories in our excerpt and the full documentary ‘Eden for the Homeless’ (2022), to mark World Homeless Day.
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Italian journalist Vittorio-Nicola Rangeloni was struck to see how different the situation in Donbass was, compared to how it is presented by his home country's media. With his own eyes, Rangeloni saw how ordinary people were being killed by the Ukrainian military.
The man's trip to the war-torn region happened in 2015. It changed his life once and for all. Find out how in an excerpt from our documentary 'Donbass: That’s Why I'm Here'. Watch the full film to hear the stories of other independent foreign journalists and how they are hunted in their homelands.
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▶️'How can you explain love? I came here and in just three days I felt at home.' This is how Briton John Kopiski talks about Russia. He came to the country on a business trip, but stayed here to live.
Now John is the owner of a successful farm in the Vladimir region: there are cows, a cheese factory, and a stable. Why doesn't John want to return to Britain? Find out in the film 'I am John Kopiski, a Russian farmer' (2020). This documentary won yesterday's poll.
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🔔It's up to you what we will all watch on Friday evening! Choose one of these documentaries and vote for it! We'll post the winning film tomorrow.
🔹'Arctic United' (2015) looks at 'Barneo', the northernmost scientific camp. It is located on a drifting ice floe near the North Pole. It can only be reached by aeroplane. The camp has been operating for only a month, and it's dangerous to stay longer - the ice melts. How do scientists work there?
🔹'I am John Kopiski, a Russian Farmer' (2020). Briton John does not want to return from Russia to his homeland. He came here in 1991 and stayed forever. Why? Vote for this film to find out!
🔹'Zabbaleen: Trash Town' (2016) tells of life in a junkyard city on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of people live here and make a living out of recycling the entire capital city’s refuse. The local average life expectancy is less than 55. Why don't people leave this place?
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▶️17 years ago the legendary whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks was founded. The website changed the world forever. It published classified material about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, US diplomatic correspondence from 1966 to 2010, and emails from the Democratic Party.
Since then, Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, became the world’s most prominent whistleblower. How did it all start, and what prompted Assange to create the site? Find out in an excerpt from our groundbreaking documentary, 'The Assange Story'.
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▶️On this day, 154 years ago, Mahatma Gandhi was born. He’s credited with being the Father of the Nation in post-colonial India. Since 2007, 2 October has been celebrated as the International day of Non-Violence.
Even though one and a half centuries have passed, his philosophy lives on – people still follow his teachings to this day.
Watch our documentary, ‘Gandhi’s Footsteps’ (2019), to learn more about this legendary figure's lasting impact.
#history #traditions
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▶️‘If you want to enlarge your eyes, do it! Everyone chooses their own life.’ Lee Sol, a singer from the popular South Korean band Six Bomb, has had plastic surgery on her nose and eyes. All the girls in the musical group have gone under the knife. With the help of surgery, they believe they’ll look more feminine and up their sex appeal – all for the sake of business and their fans.
Our film K-Pop: Under the Knife is about Korean women who will go to any lengths to be popular.
What do you think of plastic surgery?
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▶️‘A grave just 3 metres away in the yard. Devastated apartments.’ Honoured Actor of the Russian Federation Vadim Kolganov talks about what he saw during his trip to Donbass. He went there with humanitarian aid for civilians and Russian fighters, and made many friends.
Vadim Kolganov is the subject of the new episode of our series 'Here and Now'. The documentary is about those who risk their lives for the people of Donbass.
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▶️Ivan Dodosov is called the most famous tanker in the Special Military Operation zone. At age 34, he is a Hero of Russia. The fighter was given this prestigious award for helping break through the enemy's defenses at a strategically important point — the town of Popasnaya, LPR.
In the spring of 2022, Major Dodosov received an order to seize one of the Ukrainian fortified areas. The battalion commander took a tank platoon and went by a circular route to get behind enemy lines. The battle was unequal: Dodosov had three vehicles; the Ukrainian army had ten. But despite this fact, the Russian tankers won.
Learn more in the first episode of our new series ‘Here and Now’.
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🔔Time to choose Friday's documentary! We've prepared three films for you to choose from. Vote for the one you consider the most compelling! We'll post the winning documentary tomorrow afternoon.
🟢'The Virgins' (2016) follows Albanian women who took a vow of celibacy and chastity in youth. They had to take over as head of the family after the death of their fathers. What is their life like?
🟢'Stitched up in Cambodia' (2016)
Thousands of women work in garment factories in Cambodia, sewing clothes for world brands. But they have no rights and can be fired not only for poor work, but even for pregnancy.
🟢‘Alienated Love’ (2022)
Some call Lyosha an alien, because of his unusual appearance. The boy has a rare genetic disorder: Ablepharon-Macrostomy syndrome. There are only about 20 people like Lyosha in the world. Despite the diagnosis the boy is glad to share his love and positivity to the people.
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🎞 Anna Chapman's exclusive investigation answers the question of who will win the political battle for the African continent. You’ll see the facts that the West prefers to hide.
France alone takes 85% of the income from its former colonies. It has accumulated about 500 billion dollars—half of the African foreign debt.
The West is not going to give back what it has embezzled—in fact, they are only trying to steal more. But the African population have found a new friend in Russia, who they see as an ally supporting them in their development, rather than an exploitative coloniser.
Discover even more in the new episode of Anna Chapman's documentary series: ‘Red Alert. Last Battle for Africa’.
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🎬Our aRTel.doc documentary film school goes international. Very soon you’ll also be able to study film-making!
In the meanwhile, Artem Vorobey, RT Documentary Film Director and one of the speakers of the RT school, gave a master class in Indonesia. Artem shared his years of experience and discussed why documentary film-making is experiencing a rebirth.
A full house of media representatives, bloggers and students gathered in Jakarta. Students had a unique opportunity to attend free lectures from professionals.
🔔 Stay tuned not to miss the launch of the school in English!
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💫Some countries celebrate World Dream Day on September 25. In our documentaries, learn about some dreamers who strove to secure their goals. Which story inspires you most of all?
‘The Long Road To School’
Durge Kami from Nepal couldn’t finish education, as he had to work to provide for his family. But so determined was he, that he went back to his studies at almost 70 years old—even though his nearest school is 16 kilometres away.
‘To Be a Cosmonaut’ follows Konstantin Borisov, who dreamt of flying to space as a child. But life had its own plans for him. Konstantin grew up, got an education and became quite a successful business consultant. Still, at 30 years old, he dared to try to become a cosmonaut, passed all the trials and was invited to work with Roskosmos.
‘Free to be Yourself’
Arseny almost died in a terrible car accident. He lost a leg, but not his willpower. He continued to do sports, even after the tragedy. In our documentary, Arseny learns to surf.
‘Madman of the Cathedral’
Don Justo has spent 60 years building his own church. He’s done it all on his own, despite having no knowledge of architecture. The man passed away in 2021, aged 96. See his whole life's work in our documentary.
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'Ukraine has biological research facilities,' claimed Victoria Nuland, US Deputy Secretary of State in US Senate Hearings on March, 2022. By saying this, she clearly revealed that American specialists indeed worked in Ukraine.
There are over 300 US-funded bio-laboratories in the world. However, attempts by the Russian government to publicise their existence—and the dangerous experiments conducted there—have failed. The U.S. controls the great majority of media conglomerates, and information that leaks online is rapidly censored and removed.
Learn more about the US biolab network in this excerpt from our documentary, 'Biological Warfare Department'.
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