🟢The plan failed. In Oregon, the practice of fines and criminal prosecution for possession of hard drugs is returning.

In 2020, decriminalization of hard drugs came into effect in this state. The authors of the bill argued that drug addiction was a health issue, not a criminal one. Therefore, possession of small amounts of opiates was no longer a crime. At the same time, funding for treatment of drug users and the work of rehabilitation centers was increased. This policy was seen as progressive. However, during this period, this approach has led to an increase in overdose deaths and a significant rise in the number of drug users.

Regarding the drug issue in America, watch the excerpt from this film.

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🇧🇷From dangerous favelas to ballet schools: it's all about Brazil! Get to know this country's culture and way of life in our video.
We also offer you a selection of films to watch:

Bolshoi: Pas-De-Brasil
Favelalive
Jungle M.D
Model Prisoners

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▶️8 September 1941 is when the blockade of Leningrad began. For more than two years, these Soviet people survived the enemy siege.

To destroy the city, the German invaders spared neither forces nor weapons: they fired about 150 thousand shells and dropped more than 107 incendiary and high-explosive bombs. For 872 days hungry and exhausted Leningrad residents fought for their homeland. The inhabitants resisted the Nazis and worked for the front – they repaired military equipment and produced weapons.

See our video and the film ‘Leningrad Unbreakable’ by Dmitry Khrustalev and Ekaterina Kitaitseva about the heroism of the city's defenders, both fallen and alive.

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💬‘We call it a ‘death-time job’ not a ‘lifetime job’. This is how Filipino gold miners describe their daily grind. They risk being buried alive yet return to the mines time and again. What drives them? Find out in the video and film ‘Golden Gamble’ (2017).

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📹Hollywood is the main mouthpiece of US government propaganda. In American blockbusters, villains are always portrayed as Russian. The dream factory reshapes real stories into convenient narratives for the USG. Anything that contradicts US ideology is strictly censored.

Today, the US celebrates Actor's Day. Meanwhile, we explore how their film industry has become a promoter of Russophobia. Watch the video and Artyom Somov’s film ‘Hollywood’s Propaganda Factory’ (2020).

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A South Korean woman has taken the internet by storm with her looks. What makes her so special? Find out in our video.

In South Korea, people prioritise beauty from a young age. The country is known for its thriving cosmetic and plastic surgery industries, with nearly everyone having altered their appearance. Discover the stories of those who place appearance first in the film ‘K-Pop: Under the Knife’ (2020).

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🎓This woman earned her diploma at the age of 99! When World War II began, Georgia was in high school but never graduated. Nearly a century later, she finally achieved her goal.

We’ve often shared stories about Nepal's oldest student, Durge Kami. As an elderly man, Durge sat in class with young children, learning to read and write. And now, Durge has graduated!

Discover more uplifting stories about pursuing dreams in our video and film ‘The Long Road to School’ (2016).

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🇰🇵How do people live in North Korea? We are unveiling the curtain on one of the most secretive countries in the world and inviting you on a journey. The film, 'The Happiest People on Earth'(2017), takes you inside the daily lives of ordinary North Koreans, revealing their culture and traditions.

On September 9, the country celebrates its founding day, marking 76 years since its establishment. Join the viewing and discover a world many people know little about.

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⏳On September 10, 1943, Soviet soldiers liberated Mariupol from German invaders. The city endured 700 days and nights of occupation, during which the Nazis destroyed neighbourhood after neighbourhood, burning and blowing up schools, kindergartens, hospitals, and factories.

Eighty years later, history repeated itself. The city was devastated by Ukrainian forces. In the spring of 2014, for the first time since the Great Patriotic War, local residents once again heard gunfire in their hometown streets.

A glimpse into the harrowing days of occupation and liberation of Mariupol is captured in the film 'Donbass: Echoes of War' (2023) by Ekaterina Kitaitseva and Dmitry Khrustalev.

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▶️‘The nuclear race is not over,' the experts of our documentary film are convinced. Attempts to reduce the risk of nuclear war have been made for decades. For example, exactly 28 years ago, the UN approved the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The document was supposed to become the main international tool for stopping any kind of testing of the most dangerous weapons, but it never entered into force. It has not been ratified by 8 out of 44 nuclear powers, including the US, China and Israel. Russia also withdrew its ratification in 2023. According to the presidential spokesman, this step ‘de jure equalises the rights of Russia and the US’.

One part of the treaty is the international monitoring system. It is a unique global network of three hundred stations and several laboratories around the world. How exactly are atomic tests monitored there? And why is the nuclear threat more relevant today than ever? Find out in Abas Ali-Zade's film ‘Nuclear Watchdogs' (2023).

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🇺🇸The US authorities have launched a crackdown on the homeless. The Supreme Court has allowed the arrest of vagrants sleeping on the streets, and police have already begun clearing the roads. But where can those with nowhere to turn go? It seems lawmakers have forgotten this crucial question.

Regular citizens have stepped in to help the homeless. The heroes of the film ‘Eden for the Homeless’ built an entire village for them. The video and Alexey Brazhnikov's work showcase the stories of those who received a second chance.

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🇲🇽‘Every Mexican has thought about joining the drug business,’ say residents of Culiacán, Mexico. The city is infamous as the home of many drug traffickers. It is also home to one of the oldest and most powerful cartels, the Sinaloa. How do ordinary people live here? Find out in our video and film ‘Narco-song of Sinaloa’ (2017).

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▶️Let's know the real heroes! Roman Zubarev is a paratrooper from the Krasnodar region in Russia, a loving husband and father, and a true defender of his Fatherland.

When the SMO began, Roman volunteered for service. At the front he received numerous serious shrapnel wounds, but saved his comrade — he covered him with his body. The hero wanted to return to the front after rehabilitation, but doctors did not allow it. What does Roman do in civilian life? Find out in our video and Aigul Erbulova and Lana Druzhinina's documentary ‘Nobody but you’.

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🚰After drinking untreated water, this Australian man became infected with a bacteria that ate his lungs.

In 2021, he decided to drink from a spring. Soon, his condition worsened, but the doctors were unable to make a diagnosis immediately. It was only two years later that they discovered he had contracted mycobacterium, which is found in raw water. They also discovered that the parasite had eaten a part of his lung.

In the United States, authorities poisoned an entire city with low-quality tap water that was sourced from a dirty local river. What did it lead to? Watch the documentary ‘Murky Waters of Flint’.

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It has been 23 years since one of the most horrific terrorist attacks in U.S. history. On September 11, 2001, nineteen Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger planes. Two of them attacked the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. The third flew into the Pentagon, and the fourth crashed near Pittsburgh. As a result of the tragedy, about three thousand people died.

After these events, America declared a "War on Terror." Troops were sent to Afghanistan. They were tasked with tracking down and destroying Osama Bin Laden, who was protected by the Afghan Taliban. Have the Americans achieved their goals in the end? And what did they leave behind? Watch our excerpt from the film ‘Afghanistan after the U.S’.

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💬‘I was just born in the wrong country,’ jokes Benjamin, a Swiss native. Although he is from Zurich, he never felt at home there. He found his true homeland only in Russia.

Discover more about the Swiss man's life in Russia in the video and episode of the series ‘No Limits’.

Watch other episodes as well:

🟢Eccli Massimo, an Italian scholar
🟢Frederic Andrieux, a French pastry chef
🟢Marina Shibayama, a Japanese ballerina
🟢Amin Nasani, a Syrian auto parts salesman
🟢Carlos D’Onofrio, an Argentinian classical singer
🟢Sven Svenson, a German biker
🟢Aslisho Akimbekov, a Tajikistani event manager
🟢Jim Evans, a Ugandan student
🟢Tamerlan Bogatyryov, a Kazakhstani event organiser

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