⚡️Yury Mezinov is a volunteer: a former rescuer of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Every day he risks his life. He delivers humanitarian aid and takes people out from under fire. Those rescued call him their guardian angel.

The brave volunteer is one of the heroes of the film by Olga Kiriy and Abas Ali-Zade 'Avdeevka. This is war'.

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🇬🇭This landfill in Ghana feeds thousands, but it also kills. Most workers are children and teenagers earning just $2 a day. While this meagre income prevents starvation, the dump severely impacts their health.

Old electronic devices from all over Europe are sent to Agbogbloshie. Instead of recycling them at home, it’s cheaper for Western countries to turn African cities into toxic dumps.

Learn about how the West has transformed the lives of ordinary Africans in the film ‘ToxiCity’ (2015). This documentary by Artyom Somov and Vitaly Buzuev captures the struggles of those risking their health for food.

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▶️An Abkhazian volunteer with the callsign Gorets [Highlander] stepped on a mine and lost his leg, but after rehabilitation he returned to the front. Other heroes of the film were also seriously wounded, but survived and did not break down. The documentary film 'We will survive!' is about the strength of spirit, will and faith of real people.

The premiere of the film by Ruslan Gusarov and Artyom Somov 'We will survive' is tonight at 01:30 GMT. Don’t miss it!

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🎨For 20-30% of people with depression, psychotherapists’ methods and antidepressants are ineffective. The subjects of our film, people with mental disorders, in addition to traditional therapy are engaged in art. They express their feelings, thoughts and desires on canvas and find relief in it. Painting has even saved some of them from suicide.

Their works may seem monstrously creepy, or terribly frank, or can touch to the core. How do people with mental disabilities see the world? See our documentary ‘PsychiARTry’ about it.

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⚡️War correspondent Evgeny Poddubny is feeling better! Today he was discharged from the Sklifosovsky Research Institute.

An unexpected fact from the biography of one of the best correspondents of the country — Poddubny originally did not want to go to active zones. Why? Find out in an excerpt from our documentary ‘War Correspondents’.

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💰The U.S. is facing a record debt of over $35 trillion. Experts warn that this amount is increasing by $1 trillion every 100 days.

Nearly all US funds are directed toward serving the interests of major corporations, which are active yet unseen participants in the Ukraine conflict. What do they gain in return? Find out in an excerpt from Anna Chapman's exclusive investigation, ‘Red Alert: End of the Dollar’ (2022).

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⏳On September 13, 1943 several members of the underground organization 'Young Guard' were posthumously awarded the noscript of Heroes of the Soviet Union. How great their feat is! About a hundred schoolchildren risked their lives for the sake of the Motherland during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Teenagers of Krasnodon in every possible way interfered with the German invaders: organizing sabotage and handing out anti-fascist leaflets. Our video is about these young defenders of the Fatherland.

The courage of the Young Guard became an example for the modern youth of Donbass. Many boys and girls stood up to defend their homeland from the Ukrainian army. See 'Young Guard Reborn' to learn about them.

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▶️The medical professionals in Donbass are real heroes of the Special Operation. They prioritise the lives of others above their own, working around the clock, often amidst the sounds of nearby shelling. They have no time for fear because every second counts.

Their greatest reward lies in each life saved. Today marks World First Aid Day, and we want to honour our selfless doctors. We are proud of you!

To learn about the everyday lives of doctors and nurses, watch our documentaries ‘Dr Donbass: Living on the Edge’ (2022) and ‘Dr Donbass: Behind the Frontline’ (2022).

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🇯🇵One and a half million Japanese have voluntarily isolated themselves from society, according to recent government data. Many of these individuals do not leave their rooms for years, avoiding social interaction and spending all their time online.

Ito, the protagonist of the film ‘Hikikomori Loveless’ (2018), is one such recluse. What drove him to confine himself within four walls? We explore his story in the video and documentary by Artyom Somov.

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🤿You won't find better freedivers than the Russians. Alexey Molchanov dived to a depth of 125 meters in just four and a half minutes, setting a world record. His colleague Andrey Matveenko won silver in this championship. Congratulations!

What is freediving? How dangerous is it? And why are athletes unwilling to give up this sport? Find the answers in our video.

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🟢Before the events in Donbass, Ekaterina had the most peaceful profession. However, the death of her best friend forced the young artist to put aside her brushes and take up a machine gun. Now the girl serves in the legendary international brigade 'Pyatnashka'.

Ekaterina's story was included in the film 'War Correspondents'. The documentary film by Artyom Somov, Ruslan Gusarov and Anton Meshcheryakov is available in our online cinema along with the other films about the Donbass conflict.

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▶️'There are some tall tales and myths about us; we are being stereotyped...' — Tamara Mazayeva, an art historian from Chechnya. The professor dispelled one of the legends in our documentary — she told us how spouses used to be chosen in Chechnya. It was impossible for unmarried girls and boys to meet in private, but marriages were meant to be based on love, not on the choice of parents.

For more information, see our video and film 'Chechen Flair' by Lana Druzhinina and Elena Norkunaite.

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🛎Georgy Medvedev is a war correspondent for News Front. At the beginning of the special operation, Ukrainian forces announced a reward for his head - $10,000. The war correspondent films stories from the very heart of battles.

Georgy Medvedev is one of the heroes of this film by Ruslan Gusarov and Artyom Somov: 'War Correspondents'. You will find it and other films about the Donbass conflict in our online cinema.

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1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣Amid the chaos in the burning town of Sudzha, Ivan Kovalyov managed to evacuate his mother in an armored truck. Miraculously, he escaped the town himself, trekking 15 kilometers through fields on foot, hiding from drones. He documented the entire journey on his mobile phone, capturing the full-scale incursion of Russia’s Kursk region by Ukrainian forces. The invasion began at dawn on August 6, 2024, as nationalist battalions and foreign mercenaries crossed the border. In the towns they entered, they looted, set homes on fire, and shot at civilian vehicles. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes, but not everyone made it out of Sudzha — more than two thousand were taken captive. In response, Russian forces launched a counter-offensive. Recruitment centers saw a surge of volunteers, and even veterans wounded in previous conflicts joined self-defense and volunteer units. 'This is our home. We have nowhere else to retreat,' they say.

Watch the film 'Kursk. Shoulder to shoulder'.

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▶️The documentary ‘Ukraine's Muppet Masters’ explores how Ukrainian special services recruit children and teenagers. ‘It's crucial to understand how the enemy operates to resist their influence,’ says the film's author, Olga Kiriy.

The film features testimonies from former SBU agents involved in sabotage activities in Donbass. Aleksandr Saakyan organised a terrorist cell in Mariupol, while another ex-agent, Valery, directed fire on his own people.

Discover more in the video and documentary ‘Ukraine's Muppet Masters’.

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🟢Meta* has blocked all RT resources in English and Russian! Today, the accounts of the RT Documentary channel were deleted from Facebook. Previously, our Instagram pages were also blocked.

The first restrictions on Meta platforms began two years ago. Now, RT accounts in different languages have been permanently removed from Instagram and Facebook.

Recently the US State Department stated that RT’s activities are one of the main reasons why so many countries do not support Ukraine.

But we’re available on other social media platforms:

Telegram RT Documentary in English
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*Meta is recognised as an extremist organisation and banned in Russia

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🟢A 'Peaceful place' — this is how the name of the Dar es Salaam camp is translated from Arabic. It is home to those who suffered from the actions of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram*.

The militants forced people to abandon their homes and flee to escape the massacre. In Dar es Salaam there is food and shelter, a school for children, security and medical care, but fear has settled here too. Watch the documentary about the daily life of the camp 'Hot Spot Chad' (2015).

*Boko Haram is a terrorist organisation banned in Russia

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💬 ‘Drone or bird? A bird! I'm scared of everything. It's so sick!’ Ivan Kovalev is one of the people who managed to escape from the Kursk region. Watch his story in our video.

On August 6, Ukrainian troops, together with nationalist battalions and foreign mercenaries, entered Russian territory. They looted populated areas, burned houses, and mocked local residents. The epicenter of these events is shown in a new film ‘Kursk. Shoulder to shoulder’.

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▶️ How has American intelligence guided Kyiv's politics for decades? Since the mid-20th century, the CIA has nurtured nationalist forces in Ukraine. When the Third Reich fell, US intelligence welcomed Bandera supporters into their fold.

These individuals carried out brutal reprisals against their fellow countrymen during the Soviet era. According to Frank Wisner, one of the CIA's founders, radical groups are responsible for no fewer than 35,000 victims. Today, their descendants are deliberately targeting peaceful cities in Donbass.

This excerpt on large-scale anti-Russian projects is from the documentary 'Operation Ukraine: America's Fingerprints' (2023). Watch the video on the anniversary of the founding of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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🛎China is the first country where Internet addiction has been equated to a clinical disorder. There are millions of young online gamers in the country. They have no time to eat or sleep, they drop out of school. The computer replaces all communication for them.

For those who cannot live without the virtual world, special rehabilitation centers have been created in China. These institutions are more like a prison: security, bars, locks, a punishment cell... The work of one of these camps is described in the film 'China's Digital Detox' (2016).

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▶️This river looks like a floating dump. Citarum in Indonesia is the dirtiest body of water in the world. It has long since changed its color, becoming almost black.

Meanwhile, Citarum is the only source of drinking water for tens of millions of people. It is also used to irrigate fields.

On World Water Quality Monitoring Day, watch our video and the film 'Deadly Waters' (2019) about what pollutes the river.

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