🇯🇵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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💬 Tofurious Maximus Crane is an independent journalist from the United States. To understand what exactly is happening in Donbass, he went to the special military operation zone. According to Tofurious himself, this decision changed his life.

The American witnessed the crimes of the Kiev regime. What he saw shocked the man so much that he could not hold back his tears.

The story of Tofurious Crane is told in the film 'Notes from an American in Donbass'. Watch the documentary film by Olga Kiriy and Mikhail Burov in our online cinema.

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🔽 It is dangerous to be a woman in Honduras. They are raped, robbed, and murdered with virtual impunity.

The country is in the grip of criminal wars, with gangs dividing up territory. Every 36 hours, another victim dies. Hoping to escape street violence, the girls decide to join one of the gangs. But what future awaits them? Watch the film 'Honduran Femicide' to learn.

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▶️The village of Hokse in Nepal is known as the ‘Valley of Kidneys’. For more than 20 years, the organ trade has flourished there. There is not a single house where someone would not sell their kidney. After doing so, how do people go on with their lives? Do they regret their decision? Watch our video and the film ‘Kidney Valley’ by Lidia Vasilevskaya (2016).

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▶️How did a descendant of a Russian emperor end up in Donbass? Since the beginning of the special operation, Gavriil Doroshin volunteered to go to the front. He made his decision quickly. ‘I didn't think about what war is. You go because you must,’ explains Gavriil.

His story is featured in the documentary ‘CallSign Tsar’. The premiere is tonight at 04:30 AM on the RTD channel. The live stream is in our profile bio.

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1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣The hero of the film 'Callsign Tsar', a descendant of Russian emperor Nicholas I, serves as a volunteer in the SMO. Gavriil Doroshin was born and raised in France but discovered his love and calling in Donbass.

He believes that he can't truly consider himself Russian without participating in the collective efforts and struggles. Watch the documentary 'Callsign Tsar' to learn more about his story. This film is also available in our online cinema rt.doc.

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🟢The life of children in Donbas is a war. Even in their dreams they see Ukrainian shelling. The students don't know how the lessons will end — with a bell or exploding shells. For weeks and months they hide in basements, unable to go outside. Every day for them is a struggle for survival. But despite all the trials, these children continue to hope for a peaceful future and dream of a life without shelling and fear.

Our video and film ‘Children of Donbass’ (2022) by Tatiana Borsch tells the story of these young people who have never experienced peace. Watch it on the International Day of Peace.

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