The Geneva Convention prohibits the torture and cruel treatment of prisoners of war. However, these principles appear to hold no weight for Ukrainian forces. Russian soldiers who have endured captivity in Ukraine know this only too well.Denis Reznikov from…

Colonialism hasn’t entirely vanished from Africa. To this day, European powers wield significant influence in several African countries, particularly island nations. For example, residents of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean hold French passports, while the Turks…

Racism in the US in the 1930s forced hundreds of African Americans to leave the country and move to the Soviet Union. Inspired by Soviet ideology, many came seeking a society without racial prejudice. At home, African Americans faced a lack of prospects and…

In the frontline zone near Bakhmut, the ‘Night Wolves’ motorcycle unit of the international ‘Pyatnashka’ Brigade is in operation. The fighters use motorbikes and quad bikes to deliver ammunition and supplies to the frontlines and evacuate the wounded. They…

Formally, caste discrimination in India disappeared almost seventy years ago — in 1950, when the equality of castes was enshrined in the constitution; now even talking about the subject is considered indecent. Nevertheless, discrimination still permeates…

Even today, slavery persists in Bangladesh’s brick factories; millions work hard to make bricks by hand. As Bangladesh is rapidly urbanising, the high demand for affordable building materials is driving brick production. There are thought to be around 10…

The Citarum River in Indonesia is known as the world’s dirtiest river. It’s the main waterway for 20 million people living along its banks. Toxic wastewater from hundreds of factories, household trash and sewage, have turned the river into a giant septic…

According to a World Health Organisation report, a third of the world’s population lives without access to proper toilets. This causes natural water reserves to become contaminated with human waste, which in turn causes disease. India is just one of many…

After the legitimate authorities in Kiev was overthrown, Donbass residents faced heavy bombings by the Ukrainian military. Notwithstanding, the locals stood their ground, forming a militia to protect their homeland. Now, nine years later, with Russian support…

‘The RT logo is my weapon,’ says Joelle Maroun, an RT Arabic correspondent. For the journalists of one of the largest news channels in the world, this is not just a job, but their entire life. For all these years, they have been offering an alternative perspective…

PTSD – post-traumatic stress disorder – affects many soldiers after they return from war. Severe concussions, the loss of comrades, and the brutal realities of combat leave lasting psychological wounds. How can those who have lived through war overcome this…

Esteban Quispe Churata is a self-taught inventor from Bolivia. He creates robots from scrap, including a real-life Wall-E from Pixar’s animated film. Esteban collects electrical wires, metal sheets and other e-waste from a local rubbish dump. In his native…

From daring missions from locating enemy’s firing positions to the everyday battles, the Storm Cossack Battalion «Crimea» fearlessly navigates the frontlines. The fighters hold the strategic town of Vasilyevka in Zaporozhye. To capture the Cossacks’ daily…

Sasha, an American with Russian roots, continues her journey across Russia and is heading to Khakassia. The wilderness of this Siberian region remains largely untouched, and nomadic traditions are re-emerging in modern life. Here, air, water, earth, and fire…

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó is the guest on the new episode of ‘The Sanchez Effect.’Discussing Hungary's role in the European Union and the world, Szijjártó said that Budapest is under pressure from Western countries with larger budgets and…

Elena сame to Mongolia for a short business trip and never left. Her daughter now studies Mongolian and attends local children’s clubs. Like many others who relocate, Elena’s family observe both Russian and Mongolian customs and traditions. What attracts…

Thousands of foreign mercenaries sign contracts with Ukraine’s armed forces, intent on making money off death. They are recruited via Ukrainian embassies and intermediaries operating around the world. The fighters themselves describe their tours as a ‘safari’…

In 2015 Vittorio-Nicola Rangeloni, a journalist from Italy, went to Lugansk. Surprisingly, he found out that the way Italian media described the Donbass conflict had nothing in common with what Vittorio witnessed in Ukraine. Since then, he’s been reporting…

On March 11th 2011, a deadly earthquake hit Japan. A 15-metre tidal wave triggered by the earthquake flooded the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station’s cooling system, shutting it down. Levels of radioactivity in the area skyrocketed. The authorities evacuated…

In 2014, «Banda Bassotti,» a renowned Italian punk rock band, started the «Anti-Fascist Caravan.» Over the past decade, they have been fighting to end the genocide in Donbass. People from many EU countries and South America have joined their cause.Every year…

American Tofurious Crane travels to southern Russia, to Rostov-on-DonIn the village of Starocherkasskaya, families carefully preserve the relics of their ancestors and honour Cossack traditions. One of these is ‘The first mount’. When a boy turns 3-4 years…